Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters
dw.com
The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed.
Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage showing an orange powder covering some of the stones.
Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths, spraying paint, as another person attempted to stop them, in footage released by Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.
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I hate it too. But you're hearing about it and its here on Lemmy. So its working. Idk if bad rep is what they want. They should be trashing the industry buildings and business headquarters of the most polluting companies. They're getting arrested anyway and at least then they'd look like Captain Planet.
Is it working though? Does discussion of what absolute dipshits they are further the cause? I bet I'd hear about it if they bombed a refinery, but that takes some pretty serious commitment.
"Man, these people are dipshits", "climate change is a problem though"
That's an overall positive discussion that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
So these people are sacrificing their image for discourse about climate change.
Well you're missing the other half of the sentence that's implied...
"These people are dipshits... I don't want to be associated with them. How the fuck can I help the planet without being associated with these morons."... It's actually quite limiting.
There are so many other people preventing climate change that are not trowing stuff at art. You can join them. If a little group of people doing non violent/non destructive behavior is already preventing you from acting to protect our planet. Then you where never interested in protecting it to begin with.
I'd call that a net-positive.
Also, disagree that they're morons. Their methods are rather clever and well-thought out. Unlike some or the mouth-breathers here.
I think they're also sacrificing the image of climate change activism.
Climate-change activism shouldn't be a thing. Let's not get comfortable with it existing, otherwise it will become constant background noise.
Climate discussion was everywhere, last week. Every major news outlet and chat forum.
You should probably specify which Captain Planet.
This is okay with me
I was today years old when I learned there’s a Don Cheadle Captain Planet short movie!?!
There ya go.
Captain Planet Mother Fucker!
"Happy Arbor Day."
They have spray painted those HQs as well, the news just doesn't cover it much. So far the only way to raise awerness has been to do stuff like this. Also they intentionally haven't damaged anything historic so this works with no issue, they know what they are doing.
It's like that internet law. The quickest way to the correct answer is to confidently assert an incorrect answer. Maybe the quickest way to getting noticed is whatever will entice the masses to "correct" your actions?
wait i love this theory and hate it so much it just might be correct
It's not "working", people are not going to change their purchasing or lifestyle choices based on this.
Yeah as a result of this stunt, I googled the term “climate change” and holy shit! Why hasn’t I heard of this!
So glad they raised my awareness of climate change, which I hadn’t heard of before.
Amazingly missed the point. This is for the deniers and for all the inaction and half-assed attempts at fixing the problem only to bend to corporate interests. This is shows organization in a group and the means to get things done. What do you think the next steps are if these actions dont beget any changes?
"Climate change is a liberal hoax! They just want to tax us to death! Look at all the research they fabricated in Climategate!"
sees people spray orange paint on a rock
"Wait a second. I think I was looking at this all wrong!"
Do you really think any deniers are now convinced?
Over a century of data pouring in but this act will be what convinces them?