“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting
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"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."

Last Wednesday, Lux Claridge planned to speak out against a proposed 1,000 acre data center in their town of Emporia, Kansas. They left in handcuffs after a city commissioner ordered them arrested for clapping.

  • sepi@piefed.socialEnglish
    113·
    12 hours ago

    You like the boot, but the rest of us don’t. Learn to read rooms.

    • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      63·
      12 hours ago

      They crave authoritarian violence. The dog whistle is their belief that they’ll be the ones doing the oppression next time, if they lick the boot passionately enough