92 points

BTW, all the MSM coverage of the self-immolation left out the minor fact that the guy did it as a climate protest.

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71 points

Facts! They always leave that out of the headline. “Man dies on Supreme Court steps” is very different than “climate change protestor self-immolates at Supreme Court”

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49 points

Where are all the stories of climate activists getting arrested while attempting to bypass museum security? How are all of these stunts so successful?

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If this is another Just Stop Oil one, then they more or less clear the stunt with museums beforehand. At least in the article I read about the soup or whatever, they had checked to make sure that the painting wouldn’t be harmed

It’s why I dislike them so much

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20 points

Yeah not to lean too heavily on Chapo Thought, but climate change awareness has been at saturation for a while now. Wrecking stuff to bully elites into compliance won’t really work (unlike [redacted]), but at least it would be something they actually don’t like.

This is just managing public discourse, and it apparently only takes the barest effort to do

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politics is a performance. leon czolgosz said “I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father.” And they gave him an Oscar.

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their mash potato scanners were malfunctioning that day

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35 points

I’m also kinda curious how long it will take before the members of these groups start wondering, “Why is this so easy for us to do?”

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They pay security guards like $11 an hour thats why lmao

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This is easy, walk in with lunch in your backpack wearing your tshirt under a hoody. Take off hoody for the protest, throw lunch on painting.

There is no “security” to bypass. You can walk into these places, most of them are even free entry with a suggested donation here in the UK.

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11 points

2 white people walk into the museum wearing bright orange safety vests

“Huh. I wonder what those guys are up to. Art fans sure look weird nowadays”

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44 points

Ugh, I wake up, there’s another psyop.

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18 points

Every damn day. :alex-aware:

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35 points

Oh No not the glass!

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27 points

Lmao that’s what gets me. They’re not even doing anything! The cowards aren’t even attacking an uncovered painting!

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Ah shit I did the UTC conversion wrong. 🤪 Oh well.

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