Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters
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The move comes the day before celebrations for the Summer Solstice.
  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Defacing random things that don’t have any connect at all to what you’re protesting only makes you look bad.

    Yeah, it got attention. Bad attention.

    • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Let’s be real here. What could climate protesters do that wouldn’t get them bad attention? History has shown: Nothing. There is nothing they could do that wouldn’t get them bad attention. In Germany, they even got cussed out for blocking private jets.
      Face it: The powerful do not fear retaliation from the masses if they vilify climate protesters. The protesterscannot win the PR battle. So all they have left is publicity stunts. And as far as publicity stunts go, plastering stones with water-soluble paint is about as tame as it gets.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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        5 months ago

        The protesterscannot win the PR battle. So all they have left is publicity stunts.

        Some will likely turn towards eco terrorism within the next years of continued inaction.

        • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
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          5 months ago

          One could argue that Stonehenge is an icon of humanity’s pre-industrial, sustainable origins and as such acts as a reminder of the future that humanity will face after the ecological and civilisational collapse currently underway as a direct result of oil production. And hence Stonehenge is something to do with oil production.