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A public square or park where all sorts of people (possibly including the Soapbox Sadie) can be found Waving Signs Around and making impassioned speeches about various subjects; usually political, but sometimes rather more bizarre. Crowds will gather to variously cheer or jeer. Generally, the quality of the speeches made won't be very high, and will be on such topics as outlandish conspiracy theories, how things were better back in the old days and the verbal equivalent of the Strongly Worded Letter. In short, at a Soapbox Square you will see very few well spoken gentleman but a heaping helping of babbling loons. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); }) |
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In Monty Python's Life of Brian, Brian hides out from the authorities in a plaza filled with speechifying mystics and prophets and starts spouting nonsense in order to blend in. Problem is the crowd thinks he's the First Coming. | |
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In the Discworld novel Jingo, Sator Square is described as generally holding several ranters, haranguers, and self-absorbed mumblers at any given time, all of which declaim at the top of their voices. The crowds generally cheer them no matter what they're actually saying, to egg them on. However, on this particular occasion, Commander Vimes notices with some disquiet that this time they're not: They're actually paying attention, and nodding thoughtfully in agreement, while someone agitates for an all-out war with a neighbouring country. Fortunately, he deescalates the situation by repeatedly snarking at the speaker's claims until he realizes who's heckling him. | |
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