• Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Did any of them comment on the reason for the protest, or just the act itself? I don’t want to see things like stonehenge or priceless art getting fucked up, but I am OK with more things being fucked up if that is what it takes… I’m fully expecting environmental extremism to become a thing in the next few years, as the situation will get worse and these sort of protests haven’t achieved anything.

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        5 months ago

        How many people do you know that were pro actual environment saving acts before and are now against?

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          5 months ago

          None, but that’s also true in the other direction and those people are now more resolute.

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            5 months ago

            They were never gonna do anything that doesn’t directly and immediately benefit themselves anyways.

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      5 months ago

      Did any of them comment on the reason for the protest, or just the act itself?

      Pro-tip: if you have questions raised by an article’s headlines, read the article.

      “Just Stop Oil said the motivation behind the incident was to demand the next UK government end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.”

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        5 months ago

        Pro Tip: Don’t be a cunt. Perhaps my wording was ambiguous, I am aware of the reason for the protest and the content of the article, my point is that the politicians have not commented on the reasons and deflected the topic to the protest itself.

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          5 months ago

          So it didn’t work as a form of protest. Don’t give your opponent such an easy win.

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          5 months ago

          It depends on which “them” is being referred to in OP’s comment. Assuming “them” are the protesters, then the answer provides what the protesters said, or at least what the organisation they represented said.

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            5 months ago

            Assuming “them” are the protesters

            Why would you assume that? It was obviously asking about what comment the politicians have made, from the fact that they were asking about whether “they” had commented “on the reason for the protest, or just the act”.

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              5 months ago

              It was obviously asking about what comment the politicians have made

              Why would you assume that? It was obviously asking about what comment the protesters have made, from the fact that they were asking about whether “they” had commented “on the reason for the protest, or just the act”.

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                5 months ago

                Yes, it’s very easy to make a bad faith argument if you just randomly pull quotes, rather than actually looking at context.