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OAITW r.2.0

(23,813 posts)
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:11 PM Aug 2020

All protesters should wear blue latex gloves.

I've heard that the 17 YO wore them to hide powder burns, but I think it probably is a shared cue to the police and ID the people who are with them. If so, if everyone wears gloves, the LEO won't be able to differentiate friend or foe.

Bonus! Will help stop the spread of the virus, too.

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All protesters should wear blue latex gloves. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 OP
That's a good idea. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #1
Someone made that comment yesterday Andy823 Aug 2020 #2
Good idea. BUT wouldn't the militia do the same? bluestarone Aug 2020 #3
Lots of medical professionals wear blue gloves...usually virgogal Aug 2020 #4
So it has come to this? How sad. Callalily Aug 2020 #5
That could be a cue to the police Catherine Vincent Aug 2020 #6
?? The other militia guys weren't wearing blue goves. nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #7
Most likely nitrile, and YES - the homicidal MAGA-punk was bullwinkle428 Aug 2020 #8
The roots of political party names in Uruguay are colorfull sanatanadharma Aug 2020 #9

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
2. Someone made that comment yesterday
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:18 PM
Aug 2020

that the blue gloves let the police know he was either with them or part of the militia, something to that affect, and he may have been raising his hands in the air so they could see the blue gloves.

I like the idea of everyone wearing them.

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
3. Good idea. BUT wouldn't the militia do the same?
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:24 PM
Aug 2020

I think there should be a CODE word that ONLY trusted law enforcement will know. (probably impossible i know) But gotta figure out a way to show who is causing the destruction.

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
4. Lots of medical professionals wear blue gloves...usually
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:25 PM
Aug 2020

not latex because of latex allergies. My son is a painter and wears blue gloves.

Catherine Vincent

(34,485 posts)
6. That could be a cue to the police
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:50 PM
Aug 2020

That one video where he's walking towards them and he held up his hands so they can see him. He wasn't wearing covid because he'd have on a mask.

bullwinkle428

(20,626 posts)
8. Most likely nitrile, and YES - the homicidal MAGA-punk was
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:56 PM
Aug 2020

wearing them. Someone posted a photo in an earlier thread.

sanatanadharma

(3,639 posts)
9. The roots of political party names in Uruguay are colorfull
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 06:57 PM
Aug 2020

In Uruguay two political parties have long been named the Colorados and the Blancos. The names date back to Uruguay's (long) civil war when the fighters on the two sides wore one or the other color to know who to kill.

IIRC, in the beginning it was the red against the blue but the blue faded; the now colorless blancos fought on.

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