Climate & Other Protesters Discussion

[shabbado]

Country is going to absolute shit. The current Government are incompetent, corrupt and liars. They're one illegal war away from being the worst Government in history....oh look some crusties...

Bit harsh on Sturgeon's mob, what about the Tories ?

Can't you read?

Crusties

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Begs the question as to how parties in power who are perceived as being corrupt, incompetent and useless keep winning elections

Are voters that thick ?

[Vespa]

Are voters that thick ?

A cameraman and wildlife presenter are filming lions.
The biggest lion on the pride starts walking towards them.
The cameraman slowly slips off his boots and pulls on a pair of trainers.
'you'll never outrun a lion' the presenter says
'I only need to outrun you' the cameraman replies

That's how they win elections.

[birdie]

Begs the question as to how parties in power who are perceived as being corrupt, incompetent and useless keep winning elections

Are voters that thick ?

What do you think? 13 years of Labour, 11 years of Tories, yes, the voters ARE thick.

[The Tick]

Begs the question as to how parties in power who are perceived as being corrupt, incompetent and useless keep winning elections

Are voters that thick ?

Yes.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Cunt

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trips.html

[subsub]

Cunt

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trips.html

More catnip from the DM to whip up its readers

[Vespa]

Cunt

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trips.html

More catnip from the DM to whip up its readers

The logic is that you can't be against a system you live in.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Cunt

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trips.html

More catnip from the DM to whip up its readers

I thought he was a cunt before today tbh.

[subsub]

Cunt

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... trips.html

More catnip from the DM to whip up its readers

The logic is that you can't be against a system you live in.

Also, it's very easy to offset all your carbon emissions, and not particularly expensive, something that the tabloids conveniently ignore when churning out these lazy 'eco-hypocrite' stories

[chelseachelsea]

The woke following on here won't believe it, buy I think Richard is spot on. There's one law for eco-mentalists, another for everyone else. If you cause mayhem on behalf of the polar bears, you can expect to be treated sympathetically by the police and the courts.

Yet if a bunch of Millwall fans glued themselves to the Old Kent Road to protest against illegal immigration, the Old Bill would turn the flame-throwers on them. The courts would have no hesitation in jailing them and throwing away the key.

Time and again, XR protesters receive a slap on the wrist or are let off altogether — Oxford Circus, London's bridges, national newspapers' Hertfordshire printing plant, City Airport, the M25 maniacs, the list goes on.

In the latest affront to justice, that walking health hazard Swampy and his mates, who dug tunnels and built treehouses at Euston Station in an attempt to stop HS2, have been freed by a district judge — despite the fact that they cost developers £3.5 million.

[The Tick]

There's something to be said for a group of protesters who come from secure backgrounds and have access to some of the best legal counsel in the land, such as the environmental protesters do. Protesters of a less privileged disposition are more likely to face tougher consequences for performing similar actions.

Whether or not that should distract from the cause the environmentalists are pursuing is another matter.

There's no denying that "direct action " is more likely to gain the attention of those in power, and potentially unfluence their decisions.

Ultimately the discourse runs the risk of being more focused on the cultural dichtomy between opposing cultural narratives, rather than the reason behind the protests.

[theleader82]

[The Tick]

[Sid Pervcat]

Yet if a bunch of Millwall fans glued themselves to the Old Kent Road to protest against illegal immigration, the Old Bill would turn the flame-throwers on them. The courts would have no hesitation in jailing them and throwing away the key.

Quite right n all because..

A. They would all be bald cretins clad in stone Island and CP company

B. They would be thick racist cunts

C. They are Millwall fans

D. They would mention EN-GUR-LUND at least once, therefore necessitating use of said flamethrower