Tactical frivolity

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Tactical frivolity is a form of public protest that deliberately uses playful, comical and unusual to eccentric behavior.

The form of protest is often found at demonstrations of the LGBT movement . Because of the colors of the costumes used (men, for example, wear pink skirts, others in gender-neutral silver overalls) and to express the attitude behind them, the expression pink & silver is often used for these groups in contrast to the black blocks of the Autonomous . The first Pink & Silver block was used in the anti- globalization demonstration at the meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on September 26, 2000 in Prague , Czech Republic . However, Pink & Silver groups marched mixed with black blocks. In general, the willingness to march together with other groups is great.

The groups are often disguised as clowns - see Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army , or fairy costumes . The spectrum of behavior in this type of protest includes dance, especially samba and radical cheerleading .

Overall, the aim is to create a festive atmosphere that should make it difficult to meet the group aggressively.

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  1. ↑ "Many saw themselves thrown into new dimensions in their gender roles, be it through the› feminine ‹color pink, through dresses and skirts or gender-neutral overalls, or through the attempt to practice a sensitive, collective approach to one another." (PINK PANIC : 4); quoted from Pink and Silver / Tute Bianche
  2. ↑ "Boundaries persist despite a flow of personnel across them ... stable, persisting, and often vitally important social relations are maintained across such boundaries" Barth F (1969) in Barth F (ed.) - Process and Form in Social Life: Volume I. ; Routledge and Kegen Paul, 1981, p. 198. Quoted from: Pink Silver Group in Genoa report