I'm hugely Pro-speech and pro-expression but the climate protesters have been hugely disruptive to our daily lives and they need to be stopped. Sick and tired and almost lost an expensive long-haul flight thanks to these muppeta.
They're only driving away more people from climate change consciousness
What they protest about does not matter. Removing the ability to protest does.
If you allow them to crack down on protesting, then it won't be long before we're getting black-bagged, and dear old aunty will go on "extended holiday" because she disagreed with the government position.
We've seen it happen many times in the last century, in countries across the world, and the UK has been getting steadily worse over the last 20 years.
The slow creep of authoritarianism has seen many scary laws getting passed and practically no media attention on them. Everyone just shrugs, rather than actually trying to defend our freedom.
Not that I support their choice of strategy, but from their point of view they are fighting for the survival of the actual friggin planet. They are not wrong in their panic and they are not wrong in the assessment that we cannot go an as we do.
What they might be wrong about is that gluing themselves to a road in front of commuters is a good strategy to reach their goals. Very few commuters will stop commuting ny car, very many will start to bash those people, while the planet becomes increasingly inhabitable.
Focusing on idiots who make bad choices is not something we can afford now, giving the seriousness of the problem.
In order for their actions to be justifiable, you have to be able to derive a chain of cause and effect from their action to the saving of the planet from climate change.
I’m not sure that gluing yourself to a road for a few hours establishes the start of that chain in any kind of convincing way, and therefore think that they’d probably be better off doing something else.
You know any insurers that cover missed flight due to climate protestors?
Comparethemarket says
"""You’re unlikely to be able to claim if you missed a flight due to:
oversleeping
not getting yourself organised and leaving enough time to get to the airport or get through security
a protest or civil unrest that had not been publicly announced in advance...
Serenacula|3 years ago
If you allow them to crack down on protesting, then it won't be long before we're getting black-bagged, and dear old aunty will go on "extended holiday" because she disagreed with the government position.
We've seen it happen many times in the last century, in countries across the world, and the UK has been getting steadily worse over the last 20 years.
The slow creep of authoritarianism has seen many scary laws getting passed and practically no media attention on them. Everyone just shrugs, rather than actually trying to defend our freedom.
tpoacher|3 years ago
I'm often wrong, obviously.
atoav|3 years ago
What they might be wrong about is that gluing themselves to a road in front of commuters is a good strategy to reach their goals. Very few commuters will stop commuting ny car, very many will start to bash those people, while the planet becomes increasingly inhabitable.
Focusing on idiots who make bad choices is not something we can afford now, giving the seriousness of the problem.
bennyelv|3 years ago
I’m not sure that gluing yourself to a road for a few hours establishes the start of that chain in any kind of convincing way, and therefore think that they’d probably be better off doing something else.
cromka|3 years ago
I mean, seriously, the irony here!
heavenlyblue|3 years ago
Should have paid for insurance?
tim333|3 years ago
Comparethemarket says
"""You’re unlikely to be able to claim if you missed a flight due to:
oversleeping not getting yourself organised and leaving enough time to get to the airport or get through security a protest or civil unrest that had not been publicly announced in advance...