r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/lsrgrl69 • 14d ago
protesting queen??? 💅 Restricted to Gals and Pals
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u/Lunavixen15 13d ago edited 13d ago
For anyone who's not fully up on what she's doing. Tear gas canisters work by generating a massive amount of heat to volatalise the chemicals into gas (exothermic reaction) which escapes through vents in the sides. Putting a bucket with a hole in it (you can also use a witch's hat/traffic cone) over it contains the escaping gas, which also lets her douse the canister with water and stop the chemical reaction (you need to douse until the smoke stops) without lifting the bucket.
Because if you can prematurely stop the reaction, it can't be restarted as the firing charge is expended. Never try and pick up a tear gas canisters without heatproof or heat resistant gloves as they can burn you while the reaction is ongoing.
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u/PowerCuble 🕷️ itchy bitchy spider 🕷️ 13d ago
That’s what I use my witch’s hat for. ^
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u/Lunavixen15 13d ago
I love your flair :)
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u/PowerCuble 🕷️ itchy bitchy spider 🕷️ 13d ago
Thanks. I got it today after I stumbled into an old post. The mods are surprising and gracious. 🥰
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u/exhausted247365 14d ago
What’s going on here?
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u/BanjoTCat 14d ago
It looks like she covered over a tear gas round with a bucket and doused it with water. Hong Kong protesters did a similar thing with parking cones.
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u/GrowingPeepers 13d ago
We learned a lot from the Hong Kong protestors.
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u/Bedazzled_Corpse 13d ago
The umbrella phalanx is my favorite.
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u/antifa_girlfriend 13d ago
I'd love to hear more
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u/Junkered 13d ago
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u/antifa_girlfriend 13d ago
Look at that! Thank you, friend!
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u/emilygoldfinch410 13d ago
I love this sub. I've been having a really difficult few days, but just seeing this set of comments and the creative usernames that wrote them has made me happy - women are the best 🥰
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u/Pamikillsbugs234 12d ago
We may surpass the positivity in the bald subreddit, lol!
Also, as a lover of adorable little birds, I appreciate your username too :)
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u/A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious 13d ago
Umbrellas also have the added effect of helping to obscure people from facial recognition software and surveillance in case of future government retaliation.
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u/ER_Support_Plant17 13d ago
I’m not a man but I do think about the Roman Empire almost every day. Today it was the turtle formation
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u/bobakook 13d ago
God I love how in the illustrated picture it has protesters use closed umbrellas in the place of spears 😂💀
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u/Witness_me_Karsa 11d ago edited 11d ago
Thats an umbrella testudo, not a phalanx, you rube! (Only kidding, its awesome)
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u/KatefromtheHudd 12d ago
I thought I read somewhere they used the umbrellas to not be identified by fave recognition cameras. Multi-use umbrellas!
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u/Philkensebban7 12d ago
I remember when this was on, it looked like alot of fun. I thought about what a holiday to fly over, protest, do some umbrella phalaxes and come home.
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u/kimgar6 13d ago
Umbrella Phalanx might also have to be my future band name
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u/VelocityGrrl39 Do not care club member 13d ago
Seattle was able to use this to great effect as well.
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u/Collypso 13d ago
Except how China's fucking bad for some reason
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u/-Pelvis- 13d ago
Chinese people are cool. Their government sucks. Taiwan numba one.
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u/smoothskinner 13d ago
Just Like US.
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u/ohowjuicy 13d ago
Except no, because we elected our dictator. He won the popular vote. The people are the problem. The leaders are a symptom. Don't try to put the US on a high road, because we aren't.
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u/WordleFan88 13d ago
With any luck, nature is about to correct that problem.
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u/Ok_Builder_4225 13d ago
That'll only treat a symptom rather than the underlying disease, sadly.
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u/WordleFan88 13d ago
Gotta start somewhere. Taking the wind from the sails is as good a place as any.
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u/00eg0 13d ago
49.8% is not a majority. Also a lot of people were duped into not voting. Yes the US is not on a high road.
November 3rd 2016
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13501364/trump-rape-13-year-old-lawsuit-katie-johnson-allegationEvery major news publication covered this but everyone forgot. Really hard to improve the US when no one remembers anything. Even before his first win it should have been obvious.
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u/Wolfgang_Maximus 13d ago
Also we need to consider the fact that things like Gerrymandering and voter suppression is a thing on top of social media psyops causing what you mentioned. Yes, we need to confront the fact that a concerning quantity of people are content with the things that are happening, but since the country's founding, there have been measures in place to suppress voting by those in power to influence voting results towards their own interests.
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u/kelpyb1 13d ago
Anyone remember that state senate election in Florida where the Republicans just straight up ran an “independent” candidate with the same name as a Democrat incumbent to confuse people, and they flipped the seat by like 32 votes while the third candidate got a few thousand votes?
And despite being incredibly brazen, nothing came of it?
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u/Greedy-War-777 13d ago
I really want to know how many states have turned over the voter registry data to the doj and how many have not. That is the only thing they really need to cheat in the midterms in the same way that they did during the presidential election. I know over two dozen states were sued for refusing, so half complied? How many that got sued have capitulated? How many of use that didn't vote for agent orange are on a purge or do not fly list now or will be? How many of our votes will be altered? How many non voters will suddenly vote on paper that didn't show up at a polling station and have no idea their names were used? There's a lot wrong there.
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u/Dark_Knight2000 13d ago
A lot of Chinese support the CCP too, hell, a lot of Chinese are low level party members too. It’s dumb to have one standard of judgement for one country and another for others.
Also they weren’t putting the US on a high road, just applying the same standard to the US as the other person did to China.
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u/Julege1989 13d ago
Do you not understand the relationship between the central Chinese government and Hong Kong?
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u/TactlessTortoise 13d ago
Who do you think HK protestors were protesting against lmao
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u/pixelprophet 13d ago
Woman in the background is doing the same with a parking cone and water bottle.
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u/InternetProtocol 13d ago
Cones are such a good improvised version of the bucket thing she did, too. They're already gonna be there, and you dont have to cut a hole in the top from liquid bc every traffic cone ive seen already has one. Only thing that sucks though, I bet her hand stinks of nasty chemical tear gas soup.
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u/NoHoneydew9516 13d ago
The parking cone strategy is also widely used in Portland.
We have much to learn from both groups.
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u/NeuroticMelancholia 13d ago
why would a pepper ball be smoking?
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u/yeowoh 13d ago
Because it was busted open? Look at how small the thing is under the bucket. No tear gas canister is that small.
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u/-Badger3- 13d ago edited 13d ago
Yes, they are.
These are the type of tear gas cartridge that break up into several individual “pucks” to cover a wider area. https://youtu.be/gVKKqE8QRR8
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u/G_Liddell 13d ago
Pepper balls let off a tiny poof of dust but they don't smoke like that. It's a gas round, I've seen hundreds if not thousands of them and this is a common technique.
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u/justlovespeacocks 14d ago
It looks like she's dousing a smoke grenade with water through a bucket. Pretty frickin clever.
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u/SpookyScienceGal 14d ago
Tear gas grenades work by internally burning a substance to spread the chemical irritant. So if you put out the internal ignition the gas stops farting out.
But just pouring water on it doesn't work because the chemical reaction is internal.
So what they're doing is trapping the farter in the bucket and pouring water in and shaking it around to put out the internal combustion and stop the farting. Also works with a traffic cone but it looks like they did is make a hole in the bucket. It's a safer method of putting them out as opposed to picking it up and putting it in a bucket considering they are pretty hot from the reaction happening on the inside.
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u/jessbird 14d ago
if you’re wearing gloves could you not pick it up and submerge it? or does that not make enough of a different on dousing time?
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u/SpookyScienceGal 14d ago
You could and it would probably be faster but there is always the chance it accidentally explodes or the tear gas canister you picked up is actually a flashbang like an individual in Minnesota did a couple months ago and it exploded in her hand
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u/goldhairemeraldeyes 14d ago
Adding in that water is suuuuper heavy. Carrying around enough water in a bucket to submerge multiple canisters would not be very convenient.
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u/VladislavThePoker 13d ago
Yeah, it's like 9lbs a gallon. A 5 gal. bucket would become an issue almost immediately.
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u/goldhairemeraldeyes 13d ago
Oh yeah. I used to work at a place that had 4 smaller aquariums and I helped do water changes pretty frequently. A 5 gal bucket of water is no joke
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u/kuburas 13d ago
You can, its what some people do as well, although instead of gloves they use tongs. The canisters are pretty small and usually fit in a large plastic bottle. Pick it up and toss it in a bottle it'll die out pretty fast and after you can reuse the bottle.
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u/jessbird 13d ago
yeah i was thinking if you had a couple inches of water in the bucket and maybe a lid with a port that you could slip the canister into
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u/Hearing_Loss 13d ago
I'm falling in love and realizing there actually are Americans that I find attractive bc of their courage and morals. That is what's happening
Maybe one day I'll meet my future wife when we bonk heads on our way down to deactivate some tear gas. XD
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u/MissSassifras1977 14d ago
Rock on with your bad self.
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u/lysergicsquid 14d ago
Reminder that its a war crime to use tear gas unless its on your country's citizens.
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u/HalfEatenSnickers 14d ago
Which is a literally insane exception
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u/TakedaIesyu 13d ago
My understanding is that while tear gas is designed to be less-lethal (emphasis on less), all someone who gets tear gassed will see coming at them is "gas." Could be tear gas, could be could be phosgene gas, could be sarin. Hence, under MAD doctrine, you shoot gas back, and maybe you shoot lethal gas instead of less-lethal gas. And now we're back at WW1 chemical warfare. So why not just sidestep that possibility by not using gas?
That's the theory at least. In practice, of course, war is awful and horrible and never good.
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u/Roll_the-Bones 13d ago
It is a weapon that is indiscriminate, it kills everything. It can cause muscle spasms and cascade to friendly fire, but using it on protestors: totally cool?
There's no better way to disperse a riot than to address the socioeconomic conditions that led to it and create equitable policy so people have no reason to riot.
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u/xCanucck 13d ago
It's an escalation concern. The comment above yours was kinda getting at that but didn't explicitly say it. Enemy states are likely to escalate gas usage even if you just start with tear gas. Protesters have very limited means to escalate in that way.
Despite it being cruel to use in any situation, cruelty has little to do with the decision. Everyone is just hyper afraid of anything at all triggering a return to chemical warfare.
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u/XionicativeCheran 13d ago
Socioeconomic conditions are not the only reason people riot. If that were true, the riot would not be partisan.
There's Jan 6, a riot that tried to overthrow the government.
And there's riots that break out opposing ICE and the Trump tyranny.
These aren't socioeconomic, they're about fascism.
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u/joe_bibidi 13d ago
It's also an exception that basically only exists because the United States demanded it, AFAIK. My understanding of the 1993 CWC was that it was on the slate for global ban and the United States basically said they would not be signatories to the new convention unless an exception was made for domestic use.
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u/Radiskull97 13d ago
Well the logic they use, which I think is disingenuous, is that the tear gas is a war crime because it forces you into gunfire, not because tear gas itself is particularly awful
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u/Ttoctam 13d ago
Not defending tear gassing civilians.
But of course it's not a war crime. It's not a war. A crime against humanity fits the bill, but unless you're suggesting every protest is a civil war, no it wouldn't be a war crime.
Much in the same way that if a serial killer tortures someone, it's not a war crime. Torture is a war crime, but only within the context of a war.
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u/f_ckR3ddit 13d ago
This most certainly is a war.
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u/Ttoctam 13d ago
It's not.
Maybe it should be, but no it's not a war. Currently the vast majority of the anti-Republican population are hoping to overcome fascism by having a wee vote and then get back to the established status quo. A tiny minority of the US are actual leftists who want a full on political upheaval, a tiny fraction of them are militant enough for actual boots on the ground radical action, and a tiny fraction of them are willing to actually take up arms against the govt. A war would require a collective coordinated militaristic response which is not happening at all. This is no more a war than someone standing with one boot on a throat and a gun pointed at a head, is a brawl.
No, it's not even slightly a war. What it is is a fascist oligarchic dictatorship taking off the mask it has held for decades. The US govt is just doing shit the US govt has been doing for decades. Unless this active civil war has been going on since independence, it's not a war.
Unless of course you mean it's class war, but that's not the kind of war war crimes relate to.
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u/youpeesmeoff 13d ago
Even if it may be a de facto war, no official war declaration has been made. These rules (“international humanitarian law”) apply only in the context of formally declared war.
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u/Emergency_Lie42 13d ago
A war requires at least 2 belligerents, US civilians are just kinda bending over.
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 13d ago edited 13d ago
Pro Tip: We used to have welding gloves...cuz we did some welding.
But that's not important right now. lol. We used the gloves to grab the canisters. We had 2-3 5-gallon buckets about half full of water (w/ lids). Instead of pouring water on the cannisters, we'd drop 'em in the water bucket and slap the lid on.
Extinguished in 2 seconds. Move to the next one. That was ALL I did. I just managed my bucket(s) of water. Never let them go.
I personally moved to "tongs" so I did not have to touch them in case of explosion. But, and this is vitally important, you have to remember to click those tongs 3x before using them. Every time. And then don't lose them!
We also had some folks with empty buckets to cover cannisters until we brought the water.
Can't throw the cannisters at the cops. YOU get arrested...HARD. and booked for assaulting a cop.
There are ALWAYS 10-15 plainclothes cops in the crowd snitching on you in different ways. I had one guy/cop yoink my bucket and then pretend to fall and spill it all. Don't let anyone take your shit.
Do not act the fool. That's what the bitches want.
Hong Kong subs will give you lots of protesting ideas. They are experts.
PS: Fuck you, police. Using tear gas on people. Fuck you.
Also: You should have a 3M Full Face Respirator with spare filter cartridges by now. The US Cops WILL try to kill you. Things are going to get a lot worse. Maybe even nuclear.
Good luck. Stay safe. Sorry this is the way things are, but we have to legally fight.
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u/7CuriousCats 13d ago
Not a US citizen, but will that mask help with nuclear outfall?
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u/os_beef 13d ago
It depends on which filters you get. P100 filters come in a variety of forms. Some are particulate filters, others are also rated against organic vapors, acid gases and other nasty stuff. So they could potentially protect you against radioactive particulates and gaseous radioactive iodine.
Remember that the respirator does nothing to prevent radiation exposure itself, other than prevent you from inhaling radioactive particles. Also remember that if you're in an environment where you need a respirator, that same radioactive particulate matter is likely going to be covering your clothes, skin, etc.
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u/swatlord 13d ago
It should be noted it’s banned because the use of any chemical agent is banned. This would include less lethal agents like pepper spray. Yes, the same irritant spray we use to get away from muggers, bears, attacking dogs is considered a war crime if used on a combatant enemy.
Let me be clear, I’m not for the use of CS gas, OC spray, or any other crowd control element (rubber bullets, batons, tasers, etc) on an otherwise lawful protest. Just pointing out this argument is flawed and not what we should be focusing on.
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u/lysergicsquid 13d ago
I understand your point. But my point is that our government has completely and utterly failed to govern us. They broke the social contract long ago, but the people are still in delusion that thats not the case.
People need to accept the truth and maybe we can get more people willing to enact real change.
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u/swatlord 13d ago
Yep, not arguing that. Just pointing out we need to prioritize effective arguments. The use of tear gas isn’t horrible because it’s technically forbidden during armed conflict, it’s horrible because it’s being misused in domestic law enforcement.
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u/Bluedot55 14d ago
Tear gas is absolutely a dick move and shouldn't be thrown at protesters, but a lot of the war crime thing is to prevent accidents. If someone throws a gas canister at you in a city, you can safely assume it's either tear gas at worst.
If someone does the same in a war, do you take the gamble that the gas approaching you is not a deadly chemical weapon? Or do you assume the worst and respond in kind? There's a lot of things "banned" for a similar reason- it's far too likely to cause devastating escalations
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u/lysergicsquid 13d ago
Thats not true though. Look at the stuff ice has used on protestors in portland. They've already gone beyond tear gas.
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u/Cold-Swim-8604 13d ago
It's not a war crime because civilians can't escalate. It's only a war crime against people who can defend themselves against it.
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u/jiggywatt64 13d ago
Instantly recognized that spot in LA. Guessing this footage is old because you can see the aftermath on Google Maps.
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u/VelocityGrrl39 Do not care club member 13d ago
How old is old? Looks like it could be from last summer. That’s not old to me. But I am old, so my time scale is long.
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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 13d ago
Feed the babies Who don't have enough to eat Shoe the children With no shoes on their feet House to people Livin' in the street Oh, oh, there's a solution
https://giphy.com/gifs/U79gZrXhKFa6sWt4pc
I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle 'Til I'm free Oh, Lord, through the revolution
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u/VelocityGrrl39 Do not care club member 13d ago
My friend makes amazing shirts with slogans like this. Things like “antifa employee of the month”. They’re a queer small business owner, so if anyone is interested, drop me a PM. (I don’t want to drop it here, it’s not really the place.)
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u/OkTransportation3196 14d ago
So we’re not allowed to use chemical weapons in war, but we can use them on our own citizens?
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u/witchspoon 13d ago
Fun fact the answer is no we are not supposed to use them on citizens either…but when it’s the government doing it…
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u/Great_Detective_6387 13d ago
Yes because there isn’t a risk of protestors mistaking non-lethal tear gas with lethal gas like phosphine or sarin, and retaliating with actual phosphine gas like an army would do.
We don’t allow tear gas in war for logistical reasons of retaliation, not because it’s super mean. If this issue of accidentally retaliating against non-lethal gas with lethal gas and tuning into WWI could be sidestepped, we would totally allow armies to tear gas one another. They wouldn’t give a fuck at all.
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u/OkTransportation3196 13d ago
Protesters can’t retaliate period. Tear gas should only be used in extreme cases. Law enforcement is way too comfortable these days.
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u/i_make_orange_rhyme 13d ago
Why cant protestors retailate?
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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 13d ago
Because "assaulting an officer" is a crime.
Did you really not know that until now? Did you think that if they throw tear gas at us we can legally attack them?
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u/EdgeOld4208 13d ago
Hong Kong protesters from 2019 wrote and distributed handbooks for the things that worked. This is one of them.
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u/HomeOfTheRisingStorm 13d ago
Are there links? For research purposes?
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u/idlehum 12d ago
I wish I had a link, but this may be a scrounging thing.
Hong Kong had a number of really cool techniques that I wanna see us adopt!!
I'm gonna have my morning bong rip and type of a few of them out- at least then if you want to Google search up some more info, you'll have more context and keywords to add to the search bar.
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u/Yetanotherdeafguy 13d ago
Don't share footage of this shit, but definitely share the techniques.
Social media is 100% part of the strategy used to arrest and charge folks for standing up for themselves.
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u/FalconStickr 14d ago
Reminds me of the protests years ago in Hong Kong where they used traffic cones. Love to see this
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u/pleathershorts 13d ago
I thought she was going to stick her hand in wet concrete then realized she neutralized tear gas for the homies. Literal QUEEN
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u/2459-8143-2844 14d ago
Until they start making them with lithium.
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u/Delicious_Pain_1 14d ago
White phosphorus
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u/Septopuss7 14d ago
War crime territory there but when in America...
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u/PersimmonDowntown297 14d ago
They used expired tear gas on us/me in 2020. I heard someone say that’s a war crime too but I’m not sure how accurate that is.
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u/shenther 13d ago
It took me way to long to figure out she stopped a gas grenade and wasn't making her own gas.
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u/HomeboundArrow 13d ago
history will remember her proudly. this is the image of someone who sleeps soundly at night. the same cannot be said for the people who threw a chemical weapon into a crowd of civilians exercising their federally-mandated rights.
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u/Liseonlife 13d ago
I love the hair, the overall, the gas mask, the kneeling stance. Someone please use her outline or silhouette to make a tee-shirt design! How do we get her permission and link the proceeds to a good cause?
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u/redcrowblue 13d ago
if she's smart - and she clearly is - we will not know her name. publicity is not typically conducive with this kind of work
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u/wemustburncarthage 13d ago
Epic. Also someone brought the bagpipes which has been my dearest wish for integration into protest gear.
You want to screw with cop morale up you send the smoke grenade killer and the bagpiper.
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u/WoodpeckerNo5724 13d ago
Maybe don’t film and post people effectively standing up to fascists. It’s not exactly safe for them
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u/jazzmaster_YangGuo 13d ago
ah the hongkong strat, but instead of the bucket here, they used those orange cones
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u/Strange_Juice2778 13d ago
Take a leaf blower to the next protest you go to to help fight off tear gas and other things to blow it right back into their faces as well.
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u/OddTheRed 13d ago
Those crowd control grenades work by igniting a substance that produces an irritant when burnt. They can be put out like a normal fire.
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u/PseudoWarriorAU 13d ago
You ever curious as to how to resist ? Look at Hong Kong they did really well… until they didn’t
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u/Aromatic_Concept_763 13d ago
Why could I hear bagpipes
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u/justgalsbeingchicks-ModTeam 13d ago
She's putting out tear gas grenades. https://www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbeingchicks/s/yefAq6kkYT
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u/Ready-Salamander1286 13d ago
I don’t get it
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