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Half the sentence of people who planned an environmental protest
Should be noted that the organiser of the protest who got 5 years
was a repeat offender
purposely blocked an ambulance, then when asked to let it through said he'd rather any patient inside die than let it through
was arrested again during the court case for being in contempt of court
said he couldn't wait to get out and commit more crime
He didnt really leave the judge much choice. You try telling a judge you want to commit more crime and see how that goes. Plus, purposely blocking an ambulance is a serious crime.
Plus, while not being illegal, he'll happily jump on a flight to the US just to attend a wedding, yet moans about poorer people going on holiday abroad. That rubs me the wrong way.
Thank you for providing this extra context. I don't think that people are really interrogating the circumstances properly when they compare sentences. Roger Hallam is a bona fide weirdo too - anyone who has not heard him being interviewed should listen to 5 mins of him describing his worldview.
Yeah, when you actually look at a lot of protest movements lemmy blindly supports they're deeply problematic in many ways, of course people want easy answers and glib heros so they'll get mad if you try and demonstrate nuance.
I don't think that's actually true. Honestly it seems like a very limited subset that actually support these actions. Context and nuance be damned.