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Should Climate Protesters Be Less Annoying? (newrepublic.com)
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[โ€“] raginghummus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If and when protests turn violent because people are desperate and there's nothing else left you'll realise how innocuous these types of protests are. They hurt nobody, disrupt people for a very short time and get the message out there.

This idea that it's funded by big oil is just ridiculous. I am in activism and I know people from JSO, they are some of the kindest and caring people you could meet. They understand the urgency of the crisis and are willing to their bodies and freedom on the line to get the message out. Being popular is not their goal, they get people talking and that is undeniable.

[โ€“] empiricism@sustainability.masto.host 2 points 1 year ago

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Good job that being popular isn't their primary goal because they won't be fairly treated by the popular press (where many folk get their opinions from)