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Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters (www.dw.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it doesn‘t seem logical to you that some people are freaking out because everybody is talking about climate change while it is clearly happening and it is becoming obvious that too little is being done too late?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Man I agree with you. I just feel sick when I see harm being done to such an ancient piece of history. What reason is there for it? Go after something actually related to the problem at least.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think very little can be done to cause public outrage, which is what they want to do. This did it. Also I see no lasting damage being done to Stone Henge. And that‘s true for all their actions, as far as I know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But are their actions causing public outrage at: a) the causes and purveyors of climate change, or b) the people protesting climate change?

I don't think the "any attention is good attention" adage applies to something as politically polarized as climate change.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

fair point. I think it is heart breaking that they seem to be losing this battle. No matter what kind of protest they choose, I keep hearing: Well, that‘s not the kind of protest I would support. So yeah, maybe they are at a dead end. But maybe not because they chose the wrong kind of protest, but because the public don‘t want change. Look at the European elections. It seems the other side‘s propaganda works a lot better, yeah.