National shame.. a pictorial

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@anon7067117

I just assumed that they were trying to prevent a crush/were scared shitless by the mob

I can either think that… and if I’m wrong I get further disappointed with humankind…

Or I can assume they are terrible people, so if I am wrong, I get positively surprised!

This distinction makes wonders for my stress levels. ^^

also this:

@fraggersparks

people who are scared shitless don’t take photos with the people scaring them

(Although nothing tells me those officers are the same ones taking the pics)

@Pilgrimsmaster

This is not place to (…) secret alien implants

Wait… not??
Damn! I sure hoped I could find a Cartman Mk3 Probe here!!

@ODaily

those who grab for violence to enforce their arguments usually end up turning most people against their cause

Very true.
Any posture able to trigger defensive responses will usually backfire.

Although… and then I put my tinfoil hat on… and think to myself: What if someone had more to gain by causing that backfire?

We actually had some very similar riots a few years back in Brazil.
Population angry against the police… Was the biggest movement we had, perhaps in history. Loads of public sympathy as well.

Then the population movement started to grow terribly violent, burning cars and assaulting people and police alike…

The movement lost a lot of it’s public sympathy and basically died because of that.

Later on analysis of video from the places where violence escalated revealed that many of the “protesters” inciting the violent upscale were actually far right cops, dressed up as protesters, acting under orders from above with the intent to cause that backfire.