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A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has now come down, after more than 16 hours.

The barefoot man made his way on to a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning.

He had filmed his climb and said that he was protesting against "police repression and state violence".

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Man: climbs tower and sits

Dumbass on the internet: Litterally terrorism.

The mental gymnastics is gold medal worthy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Israel lured satire into the open with promises of a safe surrender then snipers used it and it's children for target practice

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Not dead, and frankly your comment coulda gone either way.

In the future when you’re stepping razors like this you may want to add the /s so folks know your intent.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I'm surprised they didn't carpet bomb him down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you mean? The article doesn’t mention Hamas or an act of violence. The only one who got hurt is him when he cut his foot climbing. It doesn’t seem like it was “literally” anything but a peaceful protest, even if I imagine it’s illegal for lots of other reasons. (I don’t know UK law but I suspect climbing Big Ben isn’t legal.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

According to the ADL and Isreal this is antisemetic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don’t think many people who pay attention give a shit what the ADL says anymore. Jonathan Greenblatt will happily excuse the far right making “Roman salutes” and then demand upset college kids get deported. It’s not like it’s the Southern Poverty Law Center. His silence against the actual antisemites on the far right in America — the ones who are actually antisemitic — is deafening.

And for the record, I support Israel’s right to exist. It’s been like 80 fucking years. Whole generations have come and gone and it exists. I just don’t support the current coalition leading Israel and especially not the West Bank settlement terrorists. Netanyahu and Itamar Ben-Gvir can eat 10,000 bowls of pubes with a side of dicks. They’re corrupt adjudicated war criminals. I look forward to the next election so they can be put in prison.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Netanyahu is pro Hamas, without Hamas he would be nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m starting the Fascist Defamation League and my group says you can say whatever the fuck you want to say about genociding maniacs.