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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 15, 2019 19:11:50 GMT 10
Climate change activists have been making international headlines over the past few months. The activists, who refer to themselves as the "Extinction Rebellion", have resorted to civil disobedience as a drastic effort to get their views across, such as gluing themselves to roads and buildings, suspending themselves off bridges and disrupting peak-hour commutes in major cities. Their actions have caused a lot of divide among the wider public, with some praising them for bringing attention to the need to enact on climate change, while others believe that they are hypocrites for protesting for something which they are not taking measures to achieve themselves.
What are your thoughts on their protests? Do you agree with the way in which they are going about this? Are they causing more harm than good?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 15, 2019 19:31:29 GMT 10
Personally, I agree with some of the actions the "Extinction Rebellion" have taken, but not all. I don't see an issue with them peacefully protesting down city streets, though I don't believe they should be holding them during the morning and evening peak-hour times. For starters, you're only going to encourage more people to oppose your views if your actions disrupt the regular commuters in some way. Doesn't leave a good impression on the commuters, does it. It's obviously something that the "Extinction Rebellion" haven't given much thought about. Yes, getting the most attention possible to a cause you strongly believe in is all well and good, but know when to back down. Know your limits. Maybe that's asking for too much though, seeing as though most of these people are acting pretty irrationally.
Also, the fact that many of them have resorted to gluing themselves off of buildings and roads is ridiculous is you ask me. I mean, what are you truly achieving by doing something like that? It's complete idiocy. When that protester glued themselves to the top of a plane in the UK a few days ago, it caused the flight to be delayed and the passengers were left waiting to board the plane for a lengthy period of time. People who choose to act in that way deserve to be arrested and serve a short stint in jail, IMO.
I am a believer of climate change and action does need to be taken to try and minimise the effects of it, however the "Extinction Rebellion" are causing more harm than good. They are turning people off from wanting to do something about it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 3:10:13 GMT 10
Yes, as an anarchist, I'm all for civil disobedience.
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Post by Qwerty on Oct 17, 2019 16:53:40 GMT 10
I don’t understand why their logic for blocking Swanston and Flinders Street in Melbourne. All Melbourne trams are now solar powered, while trains are one of the most environmentally friendly ways to travel. Seems as if they are missing the mark with their target audience. I also don’t understand their supposed target for zero carbon emissions by 2025.
I do believe that climate change is a real problem though which needs to be addressed, but people will become annoyed and may turn against it if these protest methods are continued.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 10:40:22 GMT 10
The point of disruption is bring the idea to everyone's attention. It can definitely backfire though if people get turned away by the cause instead of getting angry at the government. With an issue so often moralized as climate change though, it doesn't seem very likely that people will want less action on the climate change file as a result of the protests.
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Post by rainbow on Oct 18, 2019 11:46:01 GMT 10
"i'm HeRE tO PRoTESt a BUnCH oF OLd WhItE guys DeCiding MY GeNerATION'S FUTURE."
This is completely unrelated but the "white men bad" circlejerk is getting old.
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