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Eugene

(66,744 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:24 AM 4 hrs ago

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The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

Source: BBC

How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol

28 December 2025

Laura Blasey and Max Matza

The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

It also might have a unicorn's horn or a chicken's feathers.

As protests against the Trump administration continue in US cities, demonstrators are adopting the energy of a community costume parade or block party. They've taught salsa lessons, handed out snacks, and ridden unicycles, as armed law enforcement look on.

Mixing humour and politics - a tactic social scientists call "tactical frivolity" - is not new. But it has become a defining feature of American protest in the Trump era, embraced by both left and right.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn987yqnee9o

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The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes. (Original Post) Eugene 4 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 4 hrs ago #1

Hail to our amphibious brothers rampartd 4 hrs ago #2

I for one welcome our amphibian overlords. nt Shipwack 2 hrs ago #3

I'm waiting for the first picture of Greg Bovino whaling away on an inflatable frog. nt Buns_of_Fire 1 hr ago #4

H2O Man

(78,540 posts)

1. Recommended.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:27 AM

4 hrs ago

Humor is essential.

Though not televised, the revolution will be captured on thousands of cell phones.

rampartd

(3,640 posts)

2. Hail to our amphibious brothers

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:37 AM

4 hrs ago

if a chemical gets in there .....

Shipwack

(2,982 posts)

3. I for one welcome our amphibian overlords. nt

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 05:03 AM

2 hrs ago

Buns_of_Fire

(18,988 posts)

4. I'm waiting for the first picture of Greg Bovino whaling away on an inflatable frog. nt

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 05:45 AM

1 hr ago

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