Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged policing powers.
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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.
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.
The lassie in the thumbnail looks like she could be removed with a leaf blower too lol
Definitely feeds her cat on leaves
Mindless vandalism by rich kids who would have gotten stuffed years ago if it weren't for their immense privilege.
How dare they use their privilege to bring attention to the greatest threat to humanity....
Yeah. Would have been better if they just let a crisis that disproportionately affect poor people unfold /s
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?!