I don’t think people in the US got this as much as we did over here in Europe and the rest of the football (as opposed to hand-egg) loving world. But this:
is a vuvuzela. The football loving (or just tolerating, or culturally affected by) world met these things en masse during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. They were mass produced, they were fucking everywhere. They sound like this:
Over wide open terrain, perfect to summon your people for say, village council, which was what the original instrument was apparently used for. The plastic mass produced thing, in close terrain, is perfect to make it impossible for anybody to hear themselves think, let alone speak. Could it be perfect to disrupt a nazi, for instance if you are not able, for whatever reason, to punch him in the face? My friends, it just might be. Because these things were so heavily mass produced, at one point they couldn’t give them away. There is almost certainly still bunches of them sitting around waiting for the opportune moment, and the opportune moment is now.
If you’re someplace where nazis come to hate speechify (campus etc) get one. You don’t have to be super close for these things to be super effective, which is helpful if you’re not willing/able to get close up in somebody’s face – the damn things are just as disruptive from ten metres away.
It’s Vuvuzela revival time.
(Alternatively, I’ve seen collapsible ones on ebay and aliexpress for $2.50 and free shipping. Just saying)
Do you want to be this cool? Only with minimal investment and musical talent?
Vuvuzela Uprising 2017
What about shofars? Obnoxiously loud, sounds like an elephant, and Jewish as fuck. To offend the Nazis even more
….yes. Excellent. If you have one you feel comfortable bringing into such a situation, blast those things with all the air you’ve got in you.
As a side note, since my proposal for the Vuvuzela Revival seems to have taken off a little, please wear earplugs when you do this sort of thing, and please bring a load of those simple yellow foam earplugs for the people around you too. Vuvuzelas are somewhat directional, but you should still be careful of your fellow protesters and their ears.
Nazis though, fuck those guys in the earholes. They can go deaf.
Just to add:
The collapsible vuvuzelas are portable enough that you can keep one in
your bag in case you meet a hate speecher on the go. Whipping it out
and treating his earholes to your weapon of mass disruption uh, I mean singing him the song of your people would be very satisfying.
I’d like to add to please only deploy your vuvuzelas when there is something (like hate speech) to disrupt! Don’t just blast them at protests and become a general pain in the earhole to everybody around you.
The redemption arc of the vuvuzela requires closely targeted use.
Somebody tagged this post with #social justice bard and that’s honestly the first time I’ve smiled today, thank you all for joining me in the vuvuzela redemption arc AU.
Also the description ‘IT SOUNDS LIKE A BOAT HORN AND A CAR CRASH FUCKING’
No no no no no. I wholeheartedly endorse punching, kicking and otherwise bringing the punishment to nazis. I live in a place that is full of plaques, statues and other
landmarks
that remind us all of exactly how important it is to do these things. Nazis were here. People were deported from here. I have no time for ideological waffling about whether it is ~right~ to punch a nazi
But
If you can’t punch a nazi. Because you’re puny and they’re big, or because you’re disabled and can’t run away, or because the risk of being arrested is too great/would potentially ruin you, or for whatever reason that is stopping you from standing up to nazis?
This is something you cando. You can stop them from being heard, and in the process really ruin their day. You can make your environment hostile to them. And you can send a message to everybody around you that nazi speech will get no voice, and that they do not have to stand there and be subjected to it. Who knows, next time you might have a bunch of people joining in.
And if you think blowing a vuvuzela is ‘tooting’ then you’ve clearly never had one blown at you.
The collapsible ones are also portable enough that you can keep it in your bag in case you meet a hate speecher on the go. Whipping it out and treating his earholes to your weapon of mass disruption singing him the song of your people would be very satisfying.
Yes on the earplugs. If you’re going to do this, please bring earplugs, and bring plenty to share.
I’d like to add to please only deploy your vuvuzelas when there is something (like hate speech) to disrupt! Don’t just blast them at protests and become a general pain in the earhole to everybody around you.
The redemption arc of the vuvuzela requires closely targeted use.
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