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2 Charged After Pouring Red Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution | Two activists poured the powder over the protective case to call attention to climate change (www.nytimes.com)

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The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.

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[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't get why so many comments online go "why does nobody protest?" then every time we see one all I see is "well that was pointless." What are any of us doing? What "effective" protest has anyone in this thread done lately?

At least we're talking about it here, so they did something clearly. Throwing that powder is more than anyone here can claim to be doing.

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