"Proud Boys" sound like a gay porn title.
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In the age of mass surveillance, it might be good to take a page from their behaviors.
Kinda crazy we're not all hiding our faces all the time.
The pandemic sucked but I'm just glad that it's socially acceptable to wear a mask anywhere in the world now.
Where I am the pandemic changed nothing about the acceptance of masking. Even during the pandemic I had people asking me to remove my mask.
Uhh in much of shithole countries (America) you can get shot for wearing a covid mask. Or at least disrespected.
I'd be publicly shamed if I wore one everywhere.
I wear one everywhere, but I'm a woman so I'm more treated as "aww silly girl" sort of thing.
Why would you wear one now? Risk of infection is basically zero these days, or at least no one is tracking or worrying about it anymore.
It's still out there. If you were worried and plannimg to be in a crowd, i could see it.
Also, if you have a flu or something and you don't mask up, I think you're a dick =p
The only ones I've seen with masks the last few years are Asians in airports when I'm traveling, and they wore those even before covid so I'm not sure it's covid related.
it's definitely more expected among various asian cultures. My city has a pretty large contingent of Chinese, Taiwanese, HKers, etc.
I think it's an expectation that really SHOULD spread to everyone. Masking up when you're sick it an awesome idea.
I mean this is what most people around me also think, basically "covids gone", which I'm sure isnt really true, but I also can't live in fear forever.
Oh, you must not live somewhere windy or with lots of pollen. Those n95s are lifesavers on allergy days.
It's not a page from their book tho. The black bloc protesting tactic has been a main staple in leftist protests before most of these bootlickers were even born
The difference here is that, the people participating in black bloc part of a leftist protest are doing so to protect their fellow protestors from violence while trying to not get prosecuted by the state encouraging that same violence. Meanwhile these bootlickers with their tacticool gear and face mask are only trying to protect their identity to prevent social consequences and so that they can commit violence against minorities without any consequence. The state and police are pretty much on their side so why else would you have to protect your identity if nothing else because you're a fucking bootlicking pussy
There's a difference between disabling a flock camera and protesting.
What if everybody just dressed exactly like them at those events on both sides? That would throw a monkey wrench into everything.
It's pointless with current surveillance tech. Even juggalo face paint doesn't work anymore
Idk how true that actually is and how much is demoralizing disinformation.
My uneerstandingiis that there's a lot of identifiable info in your eye area. I've seen no convicing evidence that this tech is good against a baseball cap, sunglasses and a balaclava covering the nose and ears. As for gait analysis, that's a whole other tangled story.
Worth noting that what works for researchers IDing among 100 faces or what's promised in surveillance tech brochures is not necessarily reality.
It's not pointless you just have to be creative. IR LEDs are cheap and their light is invisible to us but enough light can flood out a camera feed. You can get/build a cheap device that detects these devices' BLE signatures and further automate from there. (E.g. : use that data to populate a map, then use the map to inform other strategies/hide yourself within a certain range.)
There's gotta be other turnkey stuff that walks the line of being offensive while not being conspicuous or doing permanent (physical) damage, I just haven't come across it yet or it is coming.
This fight is far from over
Hey look at that man! He's got feminine hips!
I'm so manly I can't wear a medical mask to save lives. But I sure am willing to wear one to be an absolute shitbag in cowardice.
Bro, chickens are not loving or caring. They're vicious pieces of shit that will gladly eat their own. Go visit a chicken farm. There's a lot of good in the world but chickens and proud boys are not part of it.
I need to meet better chickens. All the ones I've known are jerks and cannibals.
All these proud boy people do is hate and fear monger maybe if they opened up to new ideas they wouldn't be that way but I don't see that happening sadly
Hate this genre because it comes back to us when we are criticized for being masked in protests when its nothing to do with "manliness" for either of us its op sec.
So we shouldn't call them babies when they call us babies for the same thing?
I haven't found that the high road leads anywhere I want to go.
Its not about the high road its about not normalizing both toxic masculinity and the idea that "why are you hiding your identity" when that's a value op sec strategy.
It's more highlighting that they are cowards. They refused to mask during COVID, but are perfectly fine with masking now. Truly the definition of coward.
Then that's the comparison we/she should be using, because it's far better.
I mean again hate to defend these people but those were two different reasons for masking its perfectly valid to believe some things call for masking like protecting your privacy, and to also believe other scenarios don't even if you are wrong. Unsure how its cowardice and not just them having the wrong opinions.
First of, never under any circumstances do you have to give it to fascists.
Second, during the pandemic wearing a mask in closed spaces was done to prevent the spread of COVID, to help protect the young, old and sick or to say it in more simple terms, to do something for your fellow human being. For them, this was to much to ask for. But now when they march through the streets, waving confederate flags, trying to intimidate everyone who is not as fascist and as white enough for their liking, the mask are all of a sudden no problem for them because they know that they will get into trouble and will be shunned by all normal humans when they show their faces doing this. This is what makes them cowards.
Yeah as someone who hates Proud Boys, this is obviously a bad faith attack on them which has the exact blowback you say.
People doing (or threatening to do) political violence are usually going to want to hide their identities from law enforcement and employers, and virtually everyone is afraid of getting arrested and/or fired.
I wonder if it would be more worrying if they thought they could get away walking around without a mask.
100%
This is why people are so intimidated by ICE agents - they have the law on their side.
Nothing more manly and heterosexual than belonging to a group named after a song in a Disney musical stage play
I'm proud. But not proud enough if what I'm doing to be associated with it.
They aren't proud if they are wearing masks. Are even really boys either? Is it all a facade? ....
Proud boys have those specific colors, no idea why pizzacake went with antifa colors here.

Did a quick edit after searching their colors, better?
She probably just doesnβt have a copy of the antifa handbook they give out during orientation. Might just need to run down to the headquarters for a new copy.
So sloppy. How did she even graduate Antifa War College?
I mean,
Proud Boy:

Antifa:

If you're gonna make stuff shared with thousands you might want to get your imagery right before you do the regime's work for them.
Youre way overthinking this
I dont think so.
The only people who actually know the colors are those involved in the colors.
So, yes, you are wildly overthinking this.
Pick me to one when you're there, please. I don't want people thinking I'm profa like Hitler.
Well it's either that or they're hardened criminals who know exactly how not to get caught.
Pride comes before the fall.
This applies to lgbtqiaa+ month of June.
Because June comes before September.
The name itself is one of non manliness.
This is as funny as the Facebook memes conservatives use where a blue hair person says "everything I don't like is Hitler!"
Low tier content that is degrading society
Its not funny?
What I find funny is your example cluelessly agrees with the comic.
Reee blue hair (on a person who isnt hiding their choices.)
Meanwhile we have people cosplaying as surrender flags and wanna be storm troopers... hiding their faces.
Gotta come armed to the protest and hide my face otherwise the truth might hurt me.
Its okay snowflake. You're just as brave and manly as the props and compensation make you think you are.
βA blue hair personβ π
These comments are hilarious consider I find both the be lacking in quality
Hurr durr "found duh proud boy" go back to reddit.
The second nitwit assumed I like those guys or think the conservative memes are funny.
And the third - actually funnier than the meme. Have an updoot
Wouldn't you guys dox the shit out of them if they did show their face? Would it not affect their families which probably aren't involved?
Most of the time when these fucks get unmasked it's their own kith,kin, and clan who outs them since usually their proud boy persona is entirely different from their personal one which pisses people off.
To paraphrase my friends, they would be surprised if I turned up a Fascist rally while being friendly. If I turned up at a Fascist rally covered in blood and trying to stab anyone with an armband they'd be confused for non-ideological reasons.
Not even sure what proud boys are, but you guys did answer my question...
Okay fine.
βIβm antifa and Iβm wearing a mask to protect my community.β
There you go bud.
Yep. Agreed. In regards to the comment you're replying to "nice to make yourself so easily blocked".
Antifa isn't claiming to be racially superior. They don't call themselves the proud boys.
Antifa means anti fascist. If you are against fascism congrats, you're a part of antifa.
Unlike the fascists in power would have you believe, it isn't a centralized group. By definition claiming to be racially superior is not a part of being antifa. It's the opposite as claims of racial superiority are fascist.
What's your point?
Just pieces of trash. But honestly so is pizza cake, all she does is spread hatred with her comics the same as they do with their bullshit. I don't see much difference between the two of them
Centrism has to be a mental disorder. There is no other way to explain it.
Well I guess it doesn't pay the bills anyway π Seriously if you go back and look at some of her original works she was funny and talented, now you look at it you think what the hell happened to this lady? I guess she found her audience preferred this kind of hatred


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