• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Correct. English sufferage was only gained after a group of women took on learning jujitsu, wearing badass capes and paper body armor and went out burning government buildings and breaking all the windows in anti sufferagette buildings/homes and when police showed up they’d kick the shit out of them with jujitsu and then they’d make a speech the police couldn’t break up because their faces were meeting their asses for the first time and in a most uncomfortable way.

    Ed: because it’s interesting and I’m sure people won’t take my word.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrajitsu

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      11 months ago

      There’s no way I would have believed you without the link.

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        11 months ago

        Because governments don’t particularly want it known that an effective protest is one that puts the government in fear.