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Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting (www.404media.co)

submitted 3 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It also keeps speakers from knowing that everybody supports them.

What if EVERYBODY clapped anyway? Are they going to arrest the entire room? What if they blocked the doors, and wouldn't allow the cowardly cops to leave with the person they're trying to arrest?

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

If this was south asia, the villagers would've burned down the authorities' houses.