Most ridiculously badass protesters ever photographed

[Angry Floof]

The 8 most ridiculously badass protesters ever photographed

Water Cannon Man rules.

You knew he was coming.

You knew because he's an internet staple by now. You knew because everything about him -- from his Superman-stance, to his contemptuous sneer, to his kickin' Cable-knit sweater ensemble -- is the very embodiment of defiance. But mostly you knew he was coming because you can't even show pictures of injustice without Water Cannon Man mysteriously popping out of the ground to stare them down until they burst into flame. This image was taken in South Korea during the APEC protests in 2005, when thousands of union workers tried to storm a meeting of the Pacific Rim leaders to protest a bill that opened their rice markets to foreign powers. And before you go writing this man off as an isolated event -- some sort of temporary avatar of badass on Earth, acting alone and against all odds like the Korean John McClane -- you should probably watch the rest of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBS1ToXKcrM

 

[barbos]

I thought that chinese versus tank was a badass standard.

 

[Rhea]

I thought that chinese versus tank was a badass standard.

I gotta agree with that. Lone guy in front of long line of tanks changing direction to drive right at him. Most Badass Ever.





While goggling for that image, I found they have a model of a tank and a white bag and black briefcase that you can use to model yourself as tank-man. Charming and subversive at the same time.


edited to correct: apparently, they did not change direction to point at him, they had stopped and tried to drive around him and he kept jumping back in front.

Wow. Badass.

As the tanks neared the Beijing Hotel, the lone young man walked toward the middle of the avenue waving his jacket and shopping bag to stop the tanks. I kept shooting in anticipation of what I felt was his certain doom. But to my amazement, the lead tank stopped, then tried to move around him. But the young man cut it off again. Finally, the PSB (Public Security Bureau) grabbed him and ran away with him. Stuart and I looked at each other somewhat in disbelief at what we had just seen and photographed.

 

[Angry Floof]

I thought that chinese versus tank was a badass standard.

I agree. Maybe that was too serious a case for Cracked to make fun of...

pfffth What am I thinking. Cracked doesn't revere anything. I think they just fucked up.

edit: Damn it, I thought you were talking about Tiananmen Square. So cracked has no excuse.

 

[blastula]

And almost ridiculously photogenic.