Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists

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Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists
theguardian.com

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I get that the stunts will draw attention to the environmental issues the activists are protesting for, but surely not pissing off the public would be beneficial in spreading a message to them?

The uninvolved public would just remember the attempted defacings, and not care about the damage being temporary or minimal.

Yeah, I agree with the sentiment, but I feel like the methods are pointless and even might have a reverse effect. Doing this does nothing really to help the cause, imo. Any minimal publicity it gets, I feel, just invigorates the right leaning conservatives to have more fuel to hate "the left" and "liberals". I just don't see any benefit to these types of stunts.

Are you seriously really upset at coloured cornflour being spread over some rocks?