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Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.”

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the city in the latest demonstration against mass tourism in Spain, which has seen similar actions in the Canary Islands and Mallorca recently, decrying the impact on living costs and quality of life for local people.

The demonstration was organised by a group of more than 100 local organizations, led by the Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic (Neighborhood Assembly for Tourism Degrowth).

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    28•2 months ago

    I agree. The world would be a better place if more people with grievances used water pistols and fewer used the kind that fire bullets.

          • Flying SquidMEnglish
            4•2 months ago

            A removed comment that I didn’t remove? I’m still not understanding.

            • NoIWontPickAName
              3•2 months ago

              It’s still showing on my side. My bad, I was going for lighthearted with the TCB.

              I figured you already had them personally blocked and hadn’t seen it.

              That’s why I reported it as well.

              😊

              • Flying SquidMEnglish
                1•2 months ago

                No worries. I was very confused. Thanks.

            • @AngryCommieKenderEnglish
              3•2 months ago

              I think they are wondering why you, as a mod, didn’t remove the extremely distasteful reply that the leminal.space instance user made. I think they may think mods are more powerful than they are.

              • Flying SquidMEnglish
                2•2 months ago

                You could be right. For the record, it was simply because I wasn’t around between the time it was posted and the time it was removed.