What do you think of environmental protest groups? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Examples include Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion here in the UK.

Personally, I think some charities are groups are genuine in their outburst wanting large firms to stop strangling the natural beauty for profit, however for me there is a red line that can be crossed.

Blocking roads preventing medical care, people going to work, interview and possibly a nice vacation away. This doesn't really help but make the public look at your group in a bad light.

The same can also be said when attempting to destroy priceless art for a cheap publicity stunt knowing it'll get clicks on social media.

TLDR - I think some groups are genuinely good whilst others are just shouting in a speakerphone, pissing everyone else off.

What do YOU think?

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[-] zeroday@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 hours ago

Both Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion are great, and protests should be disruptive, otherwise they're just ignored. Maybe they're not doing enough disruption and damage to force governments to listen. Or, maybe someone should go after energy/oil companies directly via sabotage or other means and cause enough economic damage that the cost of polluting and resource extraction becomes too high for them to profit from.

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

🎶 A-V, A-L, A-N, C-H-E, that's who we be 🎶

But no quippy bars aside I've been wondering why we don't see harder eco-activists these days; now that things are visibly and noticeably getting worse.

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