A protest staged by a vegan activist group in Sydney has gained a different kind of publicity than its organisers were hoping for, as many social media users focused their attention not on the event itself but rather on a lone man who appeared to be trolling the protesters.
The currently unidentified man did not interfere with the protest directly – he merely stood nearby while holding a big box of KFC in his hand and eating a chicken drumstick, with a “cheeky smile” on his face, as news.com.au put it.
The absolute lad trolls a #Vegan protest by eating KFC chicken. #Legend. #auspol.
— Marcus “Kaixiang” Foo (@AStrongerOZ) 12 декабря 2019 г.
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While a video of this scene, captioned “Meat eating protest in Sydney gets a hungry visitor”, quickly accrued tens of thousands of ‘likes’ on TikTok, a number of social media users went on to voice their admiration for the KFC eater’s actions.
Put this dude on the cover of #Time magazine #People person of the year award 🥇
— Steven Lewis (@SJL181) 12 декабря 2019 г.
Legend he is! 🤘🤘🤘
— Jaymz 🤘 (@hell4u02) 12 декабря 2019 г.
He’s a god damn Australian hero!! pic.twitter.com/LWuPjx87Nt
— John Sikic (@John_Sik) 12 декабря 2019 г.
— Ray Johnston (@ThisisRaysBlog) 12 декабря 2019 г.
Some, however, didn’t seem particularly amused with this stunt.
Why tho? What’s the point... it’s immature
— Francesca (@sunflower__65) 12 декабря 2019 г.
f---------ing gross!
— jay leslie (@jayleslie14) 12 декабря 2019 г.
According to the media outlet, the protest was held by a group called “Anonymous for the Voiceless” whose events usually involve “members standing in a square wearing V For Vendetta masks or blindfolds and holding screens showing pictures or footage of animals being killed for the meat industry.”
