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Just Stop Oil protestors interrupt UK’s biggest games event EGX
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That’ll certainly win them more hearts and minds. Sheesh
I used to be quite sympathetic but after seeing them blocking ambulances and trying to fuck up the day of people who otherwise agree, I hate them and hope they’re all arrested. And I’m not alone. Support for the climate movement has halved in two years in Germany because of these absolute morons.
Oh no, how will we ever cope without the support of spiteful dickheads who weren't doing a single fucking thing to help in the first place.
Peoe like you don't understand the point of these protests. It's not about winning you lot over, because nothing was ever going to do that. We have been protesting "the right way" for decades and people like you just stuck your head in the sand and ignored the problem to focus on your own convenience. And now we're royally fucked. So all we can do now is get in pepples way, disrupt their lives so they are forced to pay some kind of attention.
When people like you say you disaprove of these protests, what you really mean is you want to be able to go back to ignoring the problem.
How will these protests lead to meaningful change? Do you think this form of protest will result in any more success than aforementioned 'right way'?
I can't tell you if they will result in meaningful change, but I can tell you that historically, protests that are easy to ignore work a hell of a lot less that protests that get in people's faces and disrupt their lives.
And anyone that actually gives enough of a shit to do something about isn't going to put off by being made 10 minutes late to work by a protest or having their precious bideo game convention distrusted for 30 seconds. The only people that are getting pissed off by this are the self-absorbed man-children of the world.
Ok and what's the plan exactly? "Just stop oil" will kill millions if not billions, the entire worlds economy relies on fossil fuels.
What exactly does the protest accomplish? Awareness is worth about as much as thoughts and prayers, so what will this help exactly?
A protest with no plan is just making noise.
This is why we need to teach kids to read.
JSO isn't about halting all oil consumption right the fuck now. There goal is to stop new licences being given out to drill for more oil. The idea being that we should at the very least try to not actively make the problem worse. And start the long process of actually decoupling our system from oil, so one day the entire world's economy DOESNT rely on oil.
Yeah they do a great job at getting that message across by... throwing paint on things and annoying people?
But by all means, make personal attacks against me, because as we are saying to you pissing people off and alienating them is great for the cause, great work!
If you don't want me to make fun of you for being dumb then just don't be dumb. You have the collective knowledge of the entire human race at your fingertips, which included JSOs cause and reasoning. Use it.
It can't result in less success.