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minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·15 days ago“how dare a protest inconvenience anyone, to draw attention to a problem?”
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·15 days agoYou’re right. Before this protest I’d never even heard of climate change. I don’t think anyone had.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·15 days agoThe problem is the apathy of the public.
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·15 days agoAnd annoying regular people by stopping them getting to work is not going to make them more sympathetic. Quite the opposite.
minus-squareBertrand "call me Butt" Kiss@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·15 days agoAnd uet its worked many times on the past, it’s the entire reaon for non violent protest. Ghandi, Malcom.X, Henry David Thoreau etc etc. Personally i think she shoukd be gifted Buckingham Palace and kick the current shit bags out
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoAh yes, who needs a planet when they have money?
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·14 days agoPeople need money to live, Maeve. It’s not just rich people who use a motorway.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoAnd air, livable temperatures, clean water, clean food. It’s not an easy choice but this lady saw the big picture, beyond the immediate. I don’t know your situation. I do know ours, globally
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agothere is literally scientific studies that show actions like these works
“how dare a protest inconvenience anyone, to draw attention to a problem?”
You’re right. Before this protest I’d never even heard of climate change.
I don’t think anyone had.
The problem is the apathy of the public.
And annoying regular people by stopping them getting to work is not going to make them more sympathetic.
Quite the opposite.
And uet its worked many times on the past, it’s the entire reaon for non violent protest. Ghandi, Malcom.X, Henry David Thoreau etc etc.
Personally i think she shoukd be gifted Buckingham Palace and kick the current shit bags out
Ah yes, who needs a planet when they have money?
People need money to live, Maeve.
It’s not just rich people who use a motorway.
And air, livable temperatures, clean water, clean food. It’s not an easy choice but this lady saw the big picture, beyond the immediate. I don’t know your situation. I do know ours, globally
there is literally scientific studies that show actions like these works