• @hesusingthespiritbomb
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    -294 days ago

    I feel like climate protestors in the UK lost a lot of sympathy when they started attempting to do things like deface the Magna Carta and Stonehenge.

    • Skua
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      334 days ago

      For what it’s worth, most of those JSO protests have been done in a way that would not damage the actual object. Like the Stonehenge one, it wasn’t paint, it was cornflour and food colouring that would just come off in the rain (and was, in the end, removed with just a leafblower). The Magna Carta one actually was doing damage though.

      Regardless of that, I don’t personally think that they are effective protests. They’re far too easy to frame as mindless vandalism.

      • @[email protected]
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        -164 days ago

        The lassie in the thumbnail looks like she could be removed with a leaf blower too lol

        Definitely feeds her cat on leaves

      • @hesusingthespiritbomb
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        -184 days ago

        Mindless vandalism by rich kids who would have gotten stuffed years ago if it weren’t for their immense privilege.

          • @[email protected]
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            74 days ago

            Yeah. Would have been better if they just let a crisis that disproportionately affect poor people unfold /s

    • @[email protected]
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      214 days ago

      I’d hate for future generations to miss out on seeing those things. It sure would be a shame for fires, floods, storms, or mass die-offs to spoil that.

      What’s the point in preserving history if there’s no guarantee of a future?

        • @[email protected]
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          14 days ago

          They didn’t call themselves People for the Gentle Handing of Historical Artifacts and they have yet to destroy or murder a single thing they’ve claimed to be interested in protecting…

    • @perviouslyiner
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      174 days ago

      Given the backlash against environmental protestors blocking traffic, can you imagine the backlash against the oil industry when an unusually severe storm or flood or landslide blocks traffic?!