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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Why is there a picture of this.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago
[–] plateee@piefed.social 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 34 points 12 hours ago (4 children)
[–] amlor@piefed.social 4 points 6 hours ago

I was hoping that they left it on the roof.

[–] Mavytan@feddit.nl 6 points 8 hours ago

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

But cool picture!

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 19 points 12 hours ago

An artifact of democracy πŸ™

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

That's one funny-looking accordion.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 46 points 13 hours ago

Wow. First fascist I can look up to!

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 55 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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 49 points 14 hours ago

Sometimes we make things better with a little violence

as a treat 😊

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours 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.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

True, true. Violence has all kinds of interpretations.

[–] adry@piefed.social 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours 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.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

You're making me want to choose violence

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours 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 6 hours ago

Ah yes, linguistic pragmatics. We have achieved comedy.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours 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 2 points 5 hours 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 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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 dictatorship was the best thing to happen to this piece of shit country)

[–] AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours 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 12 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 19 points 13 hours ago

DO A KICKFLIP!

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Well, it sure counts as recreational.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 8 points 12 hours ago

Even Spain can into space.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 7 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

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