• A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    What’s the point of the article? Are they trying to paint peaceful protest as some sort of military-style tactical … terrorism?

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      28·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think so, the person they interview supports this behavior

      How have you used this in your own work?

      The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army was the idea of combining civil disobedience and actual clowning skills. We were able to sometimes be in between the protests and the police creating a sort of clowny cushion. But also we were quite mediagenic, and we attracted a lot of media attention, to then make points about the issues.

      The Clown Army showed me that you can achieve something I like to call “the irresistible image.” That is simply an image that expresses the point you are trying to make. It’s not just an abstract idea, but you’ve created an image through your street action that is so strange or surprising that even your ideological opponents will reproduce the image, and therefore they’re helping you tell your story. It applies to Portland today as well, with the frogs.

      • Physnrd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        Okay, I’m not an organizer. But since that group was from the UK, I think we need a US version. The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clowns of the United States. Or, the CIRCUS for short.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          The us has done clown protests before, it was around the same time as milkshaking and it led to the fascists attempting to turn the clown emoji into a dogwhistle

  • Kowowow@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    pro tip if you cover yourself in semen no one is going to want to touch you and if they did you are now slippery

  • StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    at protests people need to move as groups and frequently engage in dearrests. the inflatable suits put people at risk because it means that others have to hang back with them to keep an eye on their 6.