Nick Anderson
Mon, Oct 20, 2025 • 8:59 PM
If you want to understand how fragile authoritarian power really is, just watch a man in a frog costume make riot police nervous.
In Portland, protesters in inflatable frog, unicorn, and raccoon suits have turned federal crackdowns into slapstick theater, dancing outside the ICE building as agents in body armor glare from above. It may look absurd, but that’s precisely the point. Humor and absurdity are weapons authoritarian regimes don’t know how to fight.
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Sherri
I am cheering them on! 🤘 Take away their power with humor and absurdity. 🐸🦄🦝
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Gary R Eddings
Tear gas and rubber bullets against a carnival of protesters in wacky costumes playing "Yackity Sax" at max volume; it shows what ...
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Ruth Ann Orlansky
Whatever works! Kudos to the clever people who came up with frog costumes. I'm expecting to see an entire menagerie before the nex...
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