What do you think of environmental protest groups?
https://lemmy.world/post/19981489
What do you think of environmental protest groups? - Lemmy.World
Examples include Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion here in the UK.
Personally, I think some charities are groups are genuine in their outburst
wanting large firms to stop strangling the natural beauty for profit, however
for me there is a red line that can be crossed. Blocking roads preventing
medical care, people going to work, interview and possibly a nice vacation away.
This doesn’t really help but make the public look at your group in a bad light.
The same can also be said when attempting to destroy priceless art for a cheap
publicity stunt knowing it’ll get clicks on social media. TLDR - I think some
groups are genuinely good whilst others are just shouting in a speakerphone,
pissing everyone else off. What do YOU think?
Depends on their actions. Those that just vandalize random art or monuments that have nothing to do with climate change can fuck right off.
Nobody did that, you are one ignorant parrot
Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters
The move comes the day before celebrations for the Summer Solstice.
So they didn’t vandalize art, they bedraggled the glas protecting the art, didn’t they? As if they didn’t really wanted to destroy the Mona Lisa and Warhols Soup Cans.
People have literally been convicted for it. You should try moving your goal posts back to reality.
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51y99yrj49o
Just Stop Oil pair guilty of throwing soup on to Van Gogh artwork
Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup on Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery.
And that is a good thing?
But you just learned no art was vandalized. That might change your opinion.
No art was damaged because the protective meassure in place worked. It’s still vandalism.
You basically just went from “This didn’t happen” to “It’s not vandalism” to “It shouldn’t be considered vandalism”. I don’t think I’m the one that should consider changing their opinion here.
It has been clear for decades that governments should act quickly, wisely and decisively, but they simply do not, preferring to look for other issues. The kids from Just Stop Oil poured soup on glass and sprayed chalk on stones to draw attention to this huge emergency that we collectively ignore. They wanted to attract attention, and they succeeded. But their fellow human beings don’t want to think about the impending climate collapse, let alone take action and join an active protest. That would require leaving the comfort zone. So they get upset anonymously on the internet about the form of protest and act as if art vandacism was being practiced here.
Cognitive dissonance is when your convictions do not match your actions. You solve it by changing either your actions or your beliefs.
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