In the U.K., two members of the direct action climate group Just Stop Oil were arrested after they spray-painted the words “1.5 is dead” on the grave of Charles Darwin at London’s Westminster Abbey Monday. The protest follows the news last week that 2024 was the hottest year in human history, with...
Vandalizing graves and museums - what a great way to get supporters and make people sympathetic to your cause...
I have further ideas - how about beating some pre-schoolers or burning a homeless shelter to protest global warming? Or perhaps throwing mud at the elderly? Drowning some puppies? Since clearly these people believe all publicity is good publicity, think how much buzz that would generate!
What should they do?
Protest in the designated area so that we ignore them more easily? But not somewhere where it blocks cars? Maybe stop chanting to keep the noise down?
The normal protests don't seem to work.
They could attack the actual guilty parties. I remember a group recently getting on a roof of a manufacturing building, for a company who sold weapons to Israel, and sprayed stuff inside to contaminate their cleanrooms and production areas. That's pretty rad.
Edit: I had trouble finding an article with video of the roof breach, but I did find a longer video than what was previously posted, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjdfT5IaOE
What are you even talking about? What I'm saying is, if you're committed to vandalizing something, you can target those working against your cause. It's baffling that you made this jump to murdering CEOs in a discussion about vandalism.
E: Lol, I clicked on your profile and your latest comments are calling for CEOs to fear for their lives. It's obvious now you're doing some projecting.
Are you serious? I'm celebrating the actions of protesters in all my comments in this thread. People throw paint on Taylor Swift's plane and I tell them good job. People spray contaminants into the facilities of those supporting war crimes and I cheer.
Meanwhile, you warn against organizing while blaming others for being anti-protester. Once again I'm going to accuse you of projection. You're an 11-day old account posting every few minutes and blaming others for exactly what you're doing. I'm tagging you as a troll account because it's obvious that's what you are.
How about actually protesting something that's related to their cause? Blocking a highway is absolutely one of those. Or, if you want to throw paint at something, how about throwing it at an office of an oil company or a car/private jet of a CEO and not on a fucking grave?
I never said they should not protest at all or not inconvenience anyone, but vandalism of random property or cultural heritage? No, I will not support that.