Forum Post: Swimming goggles as part of your protest gear.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 6, 2011, 2:19 p.m. EST by psychogism
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I know its out of season but some stores still may have them...definitely would help with the pepper spray!
Keep doing all the great work, wish I could be there for you all.
You're in my meditations and thoughts.
On the note of eyewear and other similar articles, I suggest leaving these hidden until you are sure beyond a reasonable doubt that you will be engaged by the police. I just see people walking around nonchalantly with these massive Cold War gas masks and I feel that this implies definite engagement. This is not the image we want to convey.
I was thinking along those same lines.
As Divinityfound correctly states if you've ever bee in the vicinity of mace before, you know that the eyes are just one place where the substance attacks. It doesn't even need an orifice, but burns your face, especially the areas a guy shaves.
Nevertheless, goggles would actually be helpful since the eyes are probably responsible for most of the incapacitation.
I wonder if it would be legal for everyone to wear full gas masks :)
THat would be useful... but Mace also screws with your nose and mouth... and this is speaking as someone who has experienced getting maced before and seen a few people managing to avoid direct eye contact.