91
Should Climate Protesters Be Less Annoying?
(newrepublic.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
91 points (100.0% liked)
Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.
5194 readers
807 users here now
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Doesn't matter if it's appropriate. It's not actually feasible right now.
When will it get feasible? Things will just keep getting worse and by the time people decide to fight back it will be too late
Answered your own question.
Sure it is. Go get em, tiger.
Sounds more like he never actually accomplished anything except some prison time
Can't incite a revolution (lol) by staying under the radar.
Like I said, it's not feasible. It's a pipe dream. Grow up and start doing the hard, boring, effective work.
...no, it's not. Not enough of it.
Stop being performative and go volunteer to coordinate a voter drive.
This requires choosing better targets for the protests.
People in this thread are arguing that any kind of violence or inconvenience automatically helps the cause. But no. We're just inconveniencing each other and distracting each other from... environmental issues.
The only reason to take part in protests that don't target polluters is to look cool for your friends.