Just Stop Oil - I couldn't care less

[savannahowl]

Those protestors actually make me feel even less bothered by climate change. I genuinely don't give a shit anymore.

Have they managed to convince anyone?

We'll probably find out one day that they're funded by oil companies to turn people against environmental causes.

This information is all out there. Absolute reams of words have been written about it. It's been in mainstream newspapers and TV shows. No one reads or watches compared to the amount of attention these stunts get.

There have also been peaceful climate protests for decades that don't inconvenience the public. Indeed so much so that the public mostly don't notice.

Do I think Just Stop Oil's tactics are perfect? No, definitely not. Do I blame them for desperate attention-seeking when all the sensible, peaceful tactics have been met by public and political indifference? Definitely not. Do I think the kind of person who decide not to believe in facts just because some other people are annoying are idiots? Definitely.

JSO are not the cause of climate change denial or lack of engagement.

Those who oppose climate action pretend it's JSO's fault, but it isn't.

That's exactly what I think. They're so unpleasant and so hideous that they really can't be getting anyone on board.

What's the link between their aims and paint on artwork? I can't see the link. Is it just publicity at any cause? Don;t in any way agree with the gluing to the pavement/disrupting emergency services but at least there is a link. What has Van Gogh done?

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The type of prats who say 'JSO make me care less about the climate' are unlikely to engage with that.

It's all out there. Do you think the Daily Mail doesn't have access to the science?

Brilliant, I thought being a toaster was a new slur

I might use it and convince people its a 'thing'

Agree with you OP. And cant wait till its cold enough to get the wood burner going

I suppose that if their behaviour is done in order to draw attention to the climate crisis, then they've done their jobs as people are talking about it.

I assume that those with massive cars sticking up one finger to the environment love the explosion in people fleeing countries affected by climate change.

Someone on another thread suggested it was a point about how much is spent (money and effort) protecting the past while the future is at such risk.

I don't think they care either, or else they'd have bothered to research better ways to instigate change.

The 'protesters' are ridiculous, glad that they are being charged. Throwing soup at a painting or Harrods isn't helping at all.
Inconvenience the billionaires who can make a difference.
Not someone average trying to drive to work.

Climate refugeeism is how the UK (or what it was at the time) became populated. Thats why you're here

Whats the problem?

The world will survive. Humans might not, humans are not different to any otgher species on the planet, either now or in the past. Some survive and some dont.

They are domestic terrorists.

A protest doesnt cause harm to infrastructure, econmic functioning of a country or other humans.

I'm not sure they believe there is any way to instigate change. Can't say I blame them for feeling that.

JSO are summed up for me by that silly girl (Cressie I think hey name is) and her equally clueless mother banging on about how poor Cressie is now in prison and will miss her brothers wedding being held ….erm a plane ride away!

meanwhile many working people missed work or other urgent appointments thanks to her and her stupid friends,

Typicalky most seem to be privately educated. Nice if you can afford not to work and protest but most of us cannot afford to lose a days pay because Cressie and chums want to play at protesting.

A waste of oxygen.

because Cressie and chums want to play at protesting They're not 'playing', they've given up their freedom etc. They're protesting and the system as currently configured is responding.

Nope . We've always had different ages , dinosaurs , ice age why should we not expect the end of humanity .
I actually wouldn't care if humans became extinct, we are becoming more and more selfish and violent .

I'm opposed to methods which include blocking all traffic including ambulances and those trying to get to hospital for life saving treatment. It actively discourages me from supporting their cause.

If we just stopped using oil, the best estimates are that hundreds of millions of people would die within the first few years. Probably far more. Many of those people would be in western countries but most would be among the poorest.

We do need to end our fossil fuel dependency, but not by just stopping it. We have to invent viable alternative forms of energy. Genuinely viable, not most of the supposed alternatives we're currently using. And not only do we need to use oil until then, but we will need to use oil in order to come up with the solutions that will bring us to its obsolescence.

You’re right, they are not the cause of disengagement but no single entity is the cause. However, I would argue they are part of the current disengagement.

Instead of putting them in prison, I think they should have their driving licenses, passports, mobile phones and internet access removed. Let them really live their so-called dream.

I’d bet, within a month, they’d be having a rethink.

Virtue signalling attention seekers. 🙄

Does Cressie annoy you more than the (mostly privately educated!) men who run big oil firms who continue to pillage and destroy the planet?

I don’t agree with their tactics AT ALL, but we should all be bothered about climate change!

The same! They genuinely annoy the fuck out me and that Greta girl.

They're doing more harm than good. Just pissing people off.