• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    You don’t have to sell me on climate change protests. I’ve attended a few myself.

    I’m criticizing the delivery, not the message. The majority of people that heard that protest were those who travelled from around the world to see Stonehenge. Their plans were ruined, and they don’t care any more about climate change than they did that morning. Some may even resent the protesters.

    Performative radicalism is only compelling to those already behind a cause. It’s discrediting to everyone else, who should be your target audience.

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      I’m criticizing the delivery, not the message.

      I don’t care fucking one bit. It’s the same shit.

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        I’m criticizing the delivery, not the message.

        That’s the same argument white liberals used during the civil Rights movement.

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        Is it? I used to bring literature to protests, now I bring QR codes. I’ve personally educated hundreds, if not thousands on initiatives over the years. That drives more change than ruining a family trip. Being compelling has been more successful than being loud in my experience.

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          I’ve heard of them. I’ve never heard of you. Your experience is insufficient data to be making this grandiose of a statement.

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            I advocate for the cause I protest, not myself. How many people do you think will be compelled to care or learn more about climate change after this protest? How many people’s plans to see Stonehenge were ruined, leading to resentment of the cause?

            Activism isn’t like Trump’s campaign. Bad press is in fact, bad press.

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              They have compelled more discussion in this single thread than you have with your whole life. Your moral grandstanding is nice. Effective tactics are nicer.

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                Discussion of what? Awareness of what? How do you see debating the method as success in discussion or awareness of a problem? If it were successful, we’d be sharing talking points, research materials, compelling speeches, etc.

                This was an egotistical attempt to get noticed. It worked as intended.

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                  We’re not talking about anything of substance because of you and people like you purposefully and disingenuously distorting the facts. Its fucking cornstarch. I haven’t had kids because I think the world isn’t going to be around for my grand kids and its selfish to create new life with that knowledge. But you keep talking about the fucking cornstarch as if these people smacked your mother. Shut the fuck up. Get some perspective you pompous dolt.