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Hard to take that crowd seriously if the front row is using the taste of vegan lady genitalia as an argument for climate change.

• skrebbel 7y ago
  To be frank, I think you might be projecting American prudishness on European (attempts at) humour. Trying to make a point with humourous signs is pretty common across demonstrations in Europe and using sex jokes for humour is too. I'm not saying that this is a particularly funny one, but I am saying that your reason for not taking a protest seriously says more about you than about the protestors. (I think the argument about the tiny crowd and the misleading photography is a lot stronger)
  • tom_mellior 7y ago
    > (I think the argument about the tiny crowd and the misleading photography is a lot stronger) "Stronger" in what sense? I don't understand the point people are trying to make regarding the crowd size at one particular demonstration. Are you suggesting that the Budapest city councilors were somehow "tricked" into approving this motion unanimously, just by showing them a few photos from strange angles?
    • new2628 7y ago
      I think the point people were making/implying is that there is hardly any public support, or interest in this initiative by those who live in the city. It is more a kind of insider baseball between the politicians and the readers of such articles.
    • skrebbel 7y ago
      I'm not making any point really, just that if you're going to draw any conclusion about anything from that photo alone, then "omg that sign says 'pussy'!!1" wouldn't be my first pick.
  • S_A_P 7y ago
    I agree we have a prude-ish society but I think there are plenty of great arguments that can be made about the environment without resorting to shock value. I'm not offended by the sign, but I can immediately look at that person holding the sign and know that they don't have a deep, well considered world view...
    • skrebbel 7y ago
      Wow you can tell all that about a person just by a look at them on a photo?