The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol

28 December 2025

Laura Blasey and Max Matza

The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

It also might have a unicorn's horn or a chicken's feathers.

As protests against the Trump administration continue in US cities, demonstrators are adopting the energy of a community costume parade or block party. They've taught salsa lessons, handed out snacks, and ridden unicycles, as armed law enforcement look on.

Mixing humour and politics - a tactic social scientists call "tactical frivolity" - is not new. But it has become a defining feature of American protest in the Trump era, embraced by both left and right.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn987yqnee9o

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[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

Humor is essential.

Though not televised, the revolution will be captured on thousands of cell phones.

[rampartd]

2. Hail to our amphibious brothers

if a chemical gets in there .....

[Shipwack]

3. I for one welcome our amphibian overlords. nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. I'm waiting for the first picture of Greg Bovino whaling away on an inflatable frog. nt