Planning on attending a protest? Don’t end up like Siobhan Prigent.

By Truth Reporter.

Most people reading this will remember this image. It was all over the newspapers and if you google the name ‘Siobhan Prigent’ you will soon be presented with it. 

I am sure Ms Prigent thought that morning when she went to the protest that she would just be another activist among the throng. This was her first mistake. The psychology of the herd is vastly different to the psychology of the individual. I don’t want to bore you with dry academic articles on group dynamics but the evidence for my assertion is very well established and confirmed over many very well known experiments.  If you wish to explore this, google ‘Asch conformity experiment’ and then go from there. 

Once you join a herd you’re in dangerous territory – you’re surrendering your decision making, privacy and accountability to a gestalt entity which might well have objectives that are very different to those you thought you were on the street for.  Countless ‘false flag’ operations have been documented that enabled governments to make policy that would never have been possible without them. Remember the Reichstag fire and the Bay of Tonkin? 

Ms Prigent found out to her cost that although the herd acts collectively, the media and the law work on the individual. It was a matter of minutes after the footage appeared on the media that Ms Prigent was identified on social media. Once the media have a name, they have social media accounts and the pictures they took, cobbling together the story was a work of moments.  The results are still present on all the newspaper websites where the articles still remain for everyone’s perusal.  

The rest is, as they say ‘history’ as is her career. Even in these ultra woke days I think it would take a brave human resources department to employ someone who’s face remains on the web as the person who venomously barked ‘nazi scum’ into some poor bloke’s face as he was hit by a milkshake.

None of the above is designed to put you off peaceful protest. But peaceful protest is a serious undertaking. If you’re passionate enough to come out on the street about an issue then at least be as passionate about protecting yourself from any possible fallout from your choices.

First – privacy. This needs to be something your practice at all times. Social media wants your name and your details primarily so they can monetise you though targeted adverts but make no mistake government agencies will trawl social media for any information they can use against you – so stay off most of it and use what you do use under pseudonyms. 

Second – Prep for the day. You should always carry food and water so that if you are kettled you don’t become stressed or weak.  Do not take an expensive smartphone on a protest – take an old phone or a cheap phone with a pay-as-you-go chip in it. Take only your travel tickets and cash, leave all ID and wallets/purses at home.  Do not take your dog with you since the risks to the animal are too varied to even discuss here.  Essentially take nothing on a protest that you could not happily throw into the gutter and run away from. 

Third- Remember the risks.  Be aware that there will be 1001 cameras pointing at you at all times, try and meet people you know and trust. Don’t get steaming drunk, stay hydrated and fed. And most of all remember that however heated or agitated the crowd gets, you will still be held individually accountable and your behaviour could well be held up as an example.  Priti Patel is probably the most cynical and evil excuse for a home secretary we have ever endured and she is just waiting for an excuse to limit civil liberty even more. Don’t provide her with an excuse.

Most of all – don’t end up like Siobhan Prigent.