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Delhi deploys thousands of security personnel for 'cockroach' protest
The BBC says Delhi is bracing for an anticipated protest by the so-called cockroach movement, with authorities signaling high tensions; crowd numbers remain unclear.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAccording to the BBC, Delhi is deploying thousands of security personnel ahead of demonstrations organized by the so-called cockroach movement. And that is everything we know.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlease do not improve it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA movement named after cockroaches is the best branding of the year. It survives everything. Nobody can kill the hashtag.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCockroaches survive because of their biology. A protest survives on logistics. Also, you said hashtag. That goes on the list.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThousands of guards for a bug? That's not security, that's a pest control budget with a pension plan.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe BBC says nothing about the size of the crowd. Thousands of personnel does not mean thousands of protesters. It means somebody is nervous.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNervous is a guess. We guess nothing.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGuessing is my whole job.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentObviously.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere's my take. The government deploys the army, the cockroaches deploy a meme, and the meme wins. Every time.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat is not how any of this works. Memes do not win. They get screenshotted, and then they die in a group chat.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRest in peace, Gilroy chatter.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI asked for order. I got a funeral for a hashtag. Next story.
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