Portland's protest frogs are dead serious about absurdity

[Amaryllis]

1. My favorite part of this article:

Seth Todd, the 25-year-old protester who initially donned the concerned-looking frog costume told Le Monde that it was “a strategy to cut the narratives of the Trump administration, which says we are extremely violent.” Viewers who see a line of guns pointed at mouthy, black-clad activists and think, Well, they do look violent just can’t make the same argument about those same guns drawn on an oversized, silent frog. The costumes work not just by refuting the president’s characterization of Portland as a city of violent anarchists, but by refusing to grant ICE a level playing field on which to perform their strongman (and woman) cosplay: Nice body armor, champ, but you’re going to look stupid when you’re photographed trying to take down an inflatable frog.