• HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    No, Just Stop Oil is not an “activist” group. They’re in cahoots with the enemy. They’re defamation, and their intent is to give the radical right something to point to.

    Just Stop Just Stop Oil.

    EDIT: There are waaaaaaay too many assumptions happening in this thread.

    • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      “Protests must be polite and not ruffle any feathers” is what I’m hearing.

      Sorry. But as climate change gets worse and corporations continue to annihilate the living beings on this planet while governments uphold their ability to do so, the protests will only become more radical. We’re long past the point of polite protests, and they didn’t work.

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        5 months ago

        I’m sorry dog but spray painting an ancient wonder isn’t an environmental protest.

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          5 months ago

          It’s corn starch. The ancient wonder suffers more defacement in the form of erosion because it rains every 4 seconds in the UK. Stonehenge will be perfectly okay.

      • DistractedDev@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Radical in my mind is burning down an oil plant. Going after a piece of history is disgusting. At least ruffle the feathers of the people you’re standing up to.

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          5 months ago

          I’ve read the other replies to my comment, but yours is the only counter that I mostly agree with.

          Yes, going after an oil plant would certainly be a much more radical form of protest. The main issue is that targeting something like that carries massive risk and is unfathomably challenging. That isn’t to say they shouldn’t do it though.

          My comment was more a response to some of the general negative sentiment that I see in response to other protests that are disruptive. It’s usually reactionary claims of “you’re making people mad, so it’s counterproductive”, while ignoring the fact that nothing else has worked.

            • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              5 months ago

              Protests will always incite rage. The question is “is it justified?”. In this case, sure, but your unhinged comment that started this thread is just reactionary drivel.