Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Authoritarians thrive on fear. Tactical frivolity flips the script. Think inflatable chickens. Clown noses. Brass bands. Bubbles. You can’t scare a chicken. But you can look completely unhinged trying to arrest one.2/x 1537
Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025This isn’t about being “cute.” It’s strategy. And it’s very hard to crack down violently on a dance party without looking like the bad guy.3/x 1416
Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025This isn’t new. ✨ Reclaim the Streets parties in the UK in the 90s ✨ Rebel Clown Army in the 2000s ✨ Giant puppets at the WTO protests in Seattle Playfulness has always been part of resistance.4/x 1393
