This is how you "resist"

Oct 4, 2017 11:42 PM

The police just got He*king bamboozled.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

The road on the French side was probably already blocked by striking French dental hygienists or something.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Given the police think beating the shit out of people will stop them they deserve this

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Lol

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Now force them to illegally enter France, that will make it even more fun.

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8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

fake

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"policing the police, and how to get the biggest yield from your crops" - a new self help book by Spanish farmers

8 years ago | Likes 584 Dislikes 2

"Biggest yield from your cops*"

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

*Catalan farmers

8 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 2

it's fine it's part of spain

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This isn't going to end well.

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

I'd love to read a news article about this. I need something credible to share. This shit is golden.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

That is not a credible source, nor a source of any kind.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

8 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 1

Watching this movie right now.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Sensible chuckle

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You played yourselves policia

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Funnily enough it’s actually not the police but the Guardia Civil, a federal force

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Either way they played themselves and are acting like cunts

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

For fucking sure mare

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I have seen no credible source to suggest this.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

That isn't credible. Rumours don't account for anything.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No one claimed that it was fully credible, it’s just a anonymous insider tip

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fucking Genius.

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What if the party was 2pm and police showed up at 1pm, it just makes it look like they planned it out that way. Still genius either way.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

But they have no edgy signs to post pictures of online, what's the point?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is this Batman? Why send the entire police force?

8 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Well it’s not like La Guardia Civil is the biggest force, that and they were expecting a large scale protest considering they were (1/2)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Shutting down the entire French/Catalonian boarder

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why did the police believe them? Does Catalona have some kind of beef with France that blocking the border would've been plausible?

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

The point would’ve been shutting down an important infrastructure point which could’ve really messed up Spanish import/export

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They could have done it just to annoy Spain. Which is what they did in the end anyway.

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Gotta source that news, @op, or you're just making shit up.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

news might not report on it, but there should be metric fucktons of social media posts about it because that's not censored.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah fair, this is just an example of a conversation from within the country

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You forget that Europe was forged through constant war and strife. This is the tip of their strategic iceberg.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Estáis tomando a broma un movimiento manejado por ladrones fascistas. No caigáis en discursos manipuladores y falsos.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Google Translate: "Anatomy of bromine is a movement of manejado but ladrones fascistas. No caigáis en discursos manipuladores y falsos."

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

...thanks, Google

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's more saying you're being manipulated by a movement dictated by fascists and thieves, you're being lied to. Not sure what side theyre on

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Basically saying everyone is accept ingredients lies as facts.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ingredientes? How did that come from accepting?

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This is the greatest.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did any of them say

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is Bugs Bunny-level shit.

8 years ago | Likes 1327 Dislikes 2

And as fake as the cartoons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That's all folks

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Next they're gonna fuck with the opera singer for 20 minutes

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The police are Yosemite Sam

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And it's amazing when you see it as so

8 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

v

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Holy shit! That made me laugh for a good minute.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Rabbit Season➡️➡️➡️

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Duck Season

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Is this real?

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Still fake

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No, its fake.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

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8 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

This has to be the worst proof anyone has given about anything /)_-)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So the police can't do anything at that point? It seems like they could do something about this. This makes no sense.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Probably they can, it's only a temporary thing. Farmers gonna need their tractors later if nothing else.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fake news....

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There are a couple people from Catalonia that are confirming that this is happening, nothing to solid though

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How do uh.. How do just dozens of tractors sneak up on you?

8 years ago | Likes 156 Dislikes 0

Very slowly and with a lot of noise.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The police probably went further ahead and the tractors blocked the road in a spot closer to the city out of sight of the police

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

It's a matter of proper donut placement, if there is a donut in sight all other considerations dwindle into oblivion. Even tractors.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Easy, you don't set them up within line of sight of the cops. You set up several miles away.

8 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

CREEEEEEEEEED!!

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Hahaha

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Cuz it didn't happen. There was another fake tractor post on reddit Tuesday (link in reply)

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

Outsourced. In this case, similar to outwitted. Source eat source, oversourced.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fake news pal...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There are a few people confirming that this happened that are from Catalonia, but also nothing solid

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There is no confirmation about this as it didnt happen. Ask yourself what would hapen if a military force where blocked illegally.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

First things first, the Guardia Civil is not a military force. They are a federal policing unit. Seconds thing second, in the source 1/?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That I provided it is important to note that the op even mention that it’s not a fully credible source, meaning that I made no such (2/?)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Claim that it was credible, the only claim was that there was possible confirmation from an anonymous insider.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If in doubt, do your research, not just speak from ignorance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Spain)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Guardia Civil are a military force, get your facts straight.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

“The Guardia Civil (English: "Civil Guard"; [ˈɡwarðja θiˈβil]) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain” First line buddy

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Other notable points being that it is only organized as a military force. Not is a military force. They’re the equivalent of a Nation Guard

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Catalan wanted an independence vote. Controversial of course but they just wanted to vote...

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Not just to vote. They usually argue with the Quebec case, but they skipped all the previous steps and laws, so it was declared illegal.

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They've been part of Spain FAR longer than the US has even been a country. They need to get over it and accept they're Spanish.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If the world allows this to happen it's going to encourage others around the world that have been pushing for independence. It's a bad idea.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Except that they didn't.

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 4

Majority of Catalans wanted to vote (although not to secede). It was more about voice being heard, not actually to leave Spain

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Fuck them. The already live in a democracy and enjoy lots of autonomy. They just don't want to share their money with poorer regions.

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They should still be allowed to vote. No one wants to be silenced.

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And the people who want it most are populists who play victim thenmoment anything bad happens. Like a younger sibling who cries all the time

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Because it works so well here in the states...

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

It does, most people seem just want to look at the negative

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 8

While I'm salty about the electoral college not doing their job in this election, ours is a better system than it gets credit for.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Unfortunately it's against the Spanish Constitution and Catalan was 80% in favor when it was ratified. They made that choice for their kids

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Didn't I read somewhere that the rule regarding votes of independence in the constitution itself was illegal under EU law?

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*Catalonia.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

fair point

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A side note is that the only around 50% voted

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

and howmany vote in the US? 40% on a good year? just saying

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I mean holding a vote doesn't mean anyone have to do anything based on the result

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

agreed, but still illegal

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How can it be illegal to ask the people what they think? That's undemocratic

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The vote THIS TIME was against the constitution, because every previous time they tried to do it 'correctly' it was shot down by Barcelona.

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

This didnt come up over the weekend, the region has been fighting within the system for decades.

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most of the fighting was against the fascists though

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The thing about a Constitution is it only applies to you if you remain part of that country.

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well if they can successfully leave they will have no access to eu market. Spain has veto power. Also they'd be taking 20% of spain's debt

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That is very important information but irrelevant to the point I'm making.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The point is that Catalonia can't afford to be independent

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Turns out words on paper don't stop actual, real people going "we thought you weren't going to fuck us over, but you did. The deal is off".

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They arent getting fucked over though

8 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 16

Even a casual actually-reading-up on their shared history will let you show yourself that this is not a particularly true statement.

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The amount of money Catalonia makes for them greatly out ways what Spain puts into the country.

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i will say that Spain's incredible debt means that not much is going anywhere in Spain

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1998 wasnt against seebian cknstitution...kosovo albanians didnt even vote just openly rebelled after terrorist attacks didnt work

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That sort of thing happens when one side lets things like Srbenika happen.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Wtf is a srbenika

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Wikipedia it. It's not pleasant.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Perhaps learn what youre about to spread bullshit about before you start parroting things youre heard from random idiots.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'll take my public policy degree with a focus on international security from the top ranked university in the world elsewhere, then.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Guess what 22 of eu nations recognized their independence basically overnight...speaking of double standards

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problem is spain would veto their EU membership

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Its about time catalonia bavaria north belgium scottland wales and irish get their independence too then...see how they like it

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I believe it was Jefferson that advocated for a 25 year expiration date on the constitution so that each generation would choose for itself

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Jefferson also liquidated the first national bank. Jefferson was atrocious on policy

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17 years.

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citation needed

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

literally the first line of your link says "Thomas Jefferson never said, “every generation needs a new revolution”"...

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Yeah, but the US didn't let the south leave. So you guys must surely be on the side of killing a few hundred thousand people?

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We also rebelled against the brits. We're into whatever seems best at the time, I guess.

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Yeah, but that was because they wanted you to pay for the wars you dragged them into. No representation without taxation and all that.

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