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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.”

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the city in the latest demonstration against mass tourism in Spain, which has seen similar actions in the Canary Islands and Mallorca recently, decrying the impact on living costs and quality of life for local people.

The demonstration was organised by a group of more than 100 local organizations, led by the Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic (Neighborhood Assembly for Tourism Degrowth).

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[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t even know if they are right or wrong about this, but I stand 1,000% in favor of people getting out in the streets with their water pistols and being the change they want to see in the world

Fuck ‘em up boys, fuck ‘em up. Get those tourists the fuck outta here like a buncha cats that went on the counter.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

I agree. The world would be a better place if more people with grievances used water pistols and fewer used the kind that fire bullets.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 1 points 1 year ago

Squid, wtf? You’re a mod and this is a direct response to you, TCB son TCB

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A removed comment that I didn't remove? I'm still not understanding.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago

It’s still showing on my side. My bad, I was going for lighthearted with the TCB.

I figured you already had them personally blocked and hadn’t seen it.

That’s why I reported it as well.

😊

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No worries. I was very confused. Thanks.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think they are wondering why you, as a mod, didn't remove the extremely distasteful reply that the leminal.space instance user made. I think they may think mods are more powerful than they are.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You could be right. For the record, it was simply because I wasn't around between the time it was posted and the time it was removed.

[-] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

I'm going to Barcelona this week on a family trip. We're staying in an AirBnb for a day. I think they've got a legitimate cause to spray people like me, who pretty much across the board don't realize how much their privilege hurts regular working people.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Take a hotel next time. AirBNB is cancer to citizens looking for an appartement.

[-] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I didn't plan the trip myself, and I think there was some reason or another they chose AirBNB instead of a hotel. But yeah, if I ever do a trip like this again (unlikely), fuck an AirBNB

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I didn't try to put shade on you, as you clearly aren't senseless to the situation, I was just going to point out what the actual issue is with tourists.

[-] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

No no you're good, I didn't take it that way. I think saying "next time" instead of "you should have" is a good way to help people realize that what they are doing might be destructive, without condemning them to the eternal pits of hell, so I appreciate you saying it that way.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I think there was some reason

Just say "we cheaped out" ffs

[-] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I wasn't sure whether hotels had already been booked or whether they cheaped out, that's why I worded it like that. Could be.

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