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“Clapping is a First Amendment right:” an interview with the person arrested for clapping at a data center meeting (www.404media.co)
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Last Wednesday, Lux Claridge planned to speak out against a proposed 1,000 acre data center in their town of Emporia, Kansas. They left in handcuffs after a city commissioner ordered them arrested for clapping.

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[–] 66 points 1 month ago (1 child)

What is going on with this world that this needs to be stated

If you have to state this then you should have realized by now statements aren't the solution, engaging in the system that led to this isn't the solution

Breaking down Flock cameras is, slashing cop car's tires is, road blockades are, even throwing marbles on the ground cartoon style would be more useful than more peaceful statements that previous peaceful statements were legal

Shouldn't there be more guns in the US than people, peaceful protesting this far into fascism is not just unproductive(everyone already knows that they want their rights back) but counter productive

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  • [–] 49 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Part of the issue is that when something like you suggest is done, it's not mentioned in the media. You heard about bryan thompson of course, and you heard about one warehouse being set ablaze ("all you had to do is pay us enough to live") but you haven't heard about Wesley LePlatner. You didnt hear about the ice agent getting hit by a car in new jersey, and nobody being able to find who did it. You didnt hear about any of the other warehouse fires.

    "The revolution will not be televised"

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    There were like what 9 more copy-cat warehouse fires? And when my friend was working for a company that did Tik-Tok moderation, he had mentioned how he had to censor news on like 3 other CEO's having either an attempt made, or actually gunned down. Should have drilled them for more answers at the time.

    You're not wrong, we aren't see the whole picture online, there is a lot of data missing while the data they want us to see gets amplified.

    Or as it has been put in the past: The Revolution will not be televised.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Its been going on for a few years now. There was someone who put some rounds in a substation to stop an event at a gay bar or some other equally silly reason, and while that was stupid and bad, they never found out who did it and quietly stopped talking about it.

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