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I just want the Stop Oil people to see what attention-getting protests look like to everyone else.
Hate-spewing riots?
Didn't know just stop oil was doing that, last I checked they put cornstarch on Stonehenge which washed off a day later.
No it’s the throwing soup on paintings, vandalizing museums, gluing themselves to the street, blocking the only road to the airport, etc.
There are a few people who don’t see those acts as stupid and counter-productive. When that is mentioned they go right to “you’re just like southern whites who hated the civil rights protests” which - i do hate the stupid stop oil protests but I don’t hate positive protests, in fact I like them. The stupid selfie protests are not them.
It is suggested the attention-seekers are successful because we’re talking about them. My point is - yes, as idiots. If it wasn’t written in big letters on their shirts I’d have no idea what they were doing.
They will not be moved. Throwing soup in a museum is a brave, uh, act I am assured. I suggested blowing up a bus but they never got back to me.
Disruptive protests help activists causes:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/disruptive-protest-helps-not-hinders-activists-cause-experts-say
Well when academics are the only political force, then I’ll agree.
"I'm okay with racist protests based on misinformation, but I draw the line at throwing soup on a glass encased painting!!!"
No
I don't get what you're trying to say? Is this pro-rioting? Or just against protests in general? There's really no comparison between the two, no?
I’m consistently informed that stop oil protests are successful because they attract attention.
I disagree. As a counter-example, here are some protests that attract attention, and yet I think we could agree they’d be hard-pressed to call them “successful”.
That’s the only connection.
Okay, but that still seems like a call to inaction so far. Do you have alternative suggestions?
I'm pretty sure stop oil protests are planned and paid for by oil companies