Let's say you go to a peaceful public protest and you wear a Guy Fawkes mask like this one. Maybe you fear reprisals at work, or maybe you just like the movie it comes from, or maybe you want to invoke thoughts of the organization Anonymous; it doesn't matter why. Then a law enforcement official declares the protest to be an 'unlawful assembly.' Bam! Ten years in prison. You're welcome. Of course, if the people you're protesting against are poisoning your watershed, pillaging your economy, or otherwise destroying something you hold sacred, their anonymity is fine, and they'll face no prison time for the harm they cause. This system is indefensible, but efforts to suppress and criminalize dissent will continue in hopes that we can be kept servile and away from the streets. Prove them wrong.
Let's say you go to a peaceful public protest and you wear a Guy Fawkes mask like this one. Maybe you fear reprisals at work, or maybe you just like the movie it comes from, or maybe you want to invoke thoughts of the organization Anonymous; it doesn't matter why. Then a law enforcement official declares the protest to be an 'unlawful assembly.' Bam! Ten years in prison. You're welcome. Of course, if the people you're protesting against are poisoning your watershed, pillaging your economy, or otherwise destroying something you hold sacred, their anonymity is fine, and they'll face no prison time for the harm they cause. This system is indefensible, but efforts to suppress and criminalize dissent will continue in hopes that we can be kept servile and away from the streets. Prove them wrong.
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