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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow. First fascist I can look up to!

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Fuck man, I'm at work! Don't make me laugh that hard!!!!

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Hardcore as fuuuuuuuuck

I only ever hear about the violent resistance that made things worse, these days. Wonder what that's about! Great post.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 45 points 1 day ago

Sometimes we make things better with a little violence

as a treat 😊

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, if you want to live in violence then yeah go for it. Most people don't tho.

[–] adry@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sometimes is about not living in violence tho. Like, this very post we're replying to.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah I hear ya. Which one you want? Violence or no violence. C'mon chop chop we gotta get the lunch rush in here.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I lived my life in peace and kindness. We live in violence anyway.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what it's over? That's a past tense there. How are you using lemmy from . . y'know . . beyond?

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, linguistic pragmatics. We have achieved comedy.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You're making me want to choose violence

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To shiv or not to shiv. That is the question.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The American Revolution didn't go from 0 to 100 with a single violent act, nor was the violence of the Patriots unprovoked - it was caused by the violence of a repressive state apparatus.

Likewise, the Civil Rights Movement never went to the level of civil war - yet violence was still widely used in it. As even the great pacifist MLK Jr. said, and not as an abstract statement divorced from the circumstances of the time, "A riot is the language of the unheard."

Violence is not a boolean. And disregarding it as a potential tool is foolishness.

True, true. Violence has all kinds of interpretations.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago

An artifact of democracy πŸ™

[–] Mavytan@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

It's a shame that website has such an insuferable cookie wall with all that 'legitimate' interest bullshit

But cool picture!

[–] amlor@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I was hoping that they left it on the roof.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That's one funny-looking accordion.

[–] plateee@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] dumbass@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do barrel roll!

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need to read more articles from around that time to put a smile on my face.

Although not too many, as they will start going into "and we gave collaborators of the fascist regime a slap on the wrist, as 10% of the population are fascists, and we can't jail them all and have a functioning society"

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and two generations later, there’s a non-negligible population of gamer-forum dudes without girlfriends who think that the Franco years were a lost golden age to RETVRN to

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I wasn't even specific about Spain/Franco, also, there's the (Spanish language?) meme about "recuerdas que dice abuelo"/"la dictadura era el mejor cosa que pasΓ³ al este paΓ­s de mierda".

(Now now sweety, remember what grandpa says/the dictators was the best thing to happen to this piece of shit country)

You can't park there...

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why is there a picture of this.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It might just be some depth of field fuckery, but i think thats a model

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's a recreation from either a movie or a show.

For anyone wanting to learn more about this period there's a great historical movie about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mld-_2peu0E

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wish there was a gif/recreation i could watch. Imagine the car going WEEEEEE

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is. A movie was made about the assassination. Operation Ogro

This clip from the movie shows the car explosion: https://youtu.be/VyyRAkoo2ps

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well, it sure counts as recreational.

[–] AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone have any information on the photographer?

Were they in on it or did it happen to be press taking a picture of the dude?

The angle seems very convenient.

Either way, great picture.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

I think it's just a mock-up/recreation of the event, not the actual moment.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Even Spain can into space.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Tiny quibble: not due to, but had six months previously