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    [–]PatsyStoneMaverique 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    There's no positive way to take a riot shield painted in a social group's designated colors.

    The message is- these people are oppressing you! We fight for these masters. Horrible, horrible optics. I do think their literal intention with this is to mask totalitarian policing with symbols of formerly oppressed groups.

    I say formerly because if the fascist jackboots have your colors on, you're the oppressor whether you like it or not.

    [–]Q-Continuum-kin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It could easily be perceived that they are "shielding" the parade from potential violence.