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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (31 children)

That’ll certainly win them more hearts and minds. Sheesh

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (30 children)

I used to be quite sympathetic but after seeing them blocking ambulances and trying to fuck up the day of people who otherwise agree, I hate them and hope they’re all arrested. And I’m not alone. Support for the climate movement has halved in two years in Germany because of these absolute morons.

While 68 percent of those surveyed in 2021 said they fundamentally supported the climate movement, the figure in the current publication has halved to 34 percent. What is striking is that support has declined significantly in all social groups, even in more progressive milieus that were otherwise more open to the movement.

When asked specifically about the "Last Generation" road blockades, 85 percent of those surveyed said they had no understanding of this form of protest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (28 children)

Oh no, how will we ever cope without the support of spiteful dickheads who weren't doing a single fucking thing to help in the first place.

Peoe like you don't understand the point of these protests. It's not about winning you lot over, because nothing was ever going to do that. We have been protesting "the right way" for decades and people like you just stuck your head in the sand and ignored the problem to focus on your own convenience. And now we're royally fucked. So all we can do now is get in pepples way, disrupt their lives so they are forced to pay some kind of attention.

When people like you say you disaprove of these protests, what you really mean is you want to be able to go back to ignoring the problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Aaaaaaaaaaand this is how you nuke support from orbit.

This way isn't working either. It's time to go back to the drawing board and brainstorm some better ideas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm all ears mate if you have better ideas. And don't just say something like. "Inconvenience the people that matter" or "go protest outside oil depots" because we do, and we get the exact same criticism from the exact same people about it and it just doesn't make the headlines.

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