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Read my first comment.

But the art is never damaged. The pieces on display are in protective displays designed to weather a lot worse than food or glue. Not only that, they are often just replicas of pieces rather than the originals. Your point hinges on you being (actually) deprived of something, when you are not.

This is intentional - you are (figuratively) deprived of something to highlight how others have been deprived by the actions of the fossil fuel industry.

Assuming you mean Rodger Hallam? I don't want to ascribe malice but how well can you understand him if you got his name wrong?

I may disagree with XR and JSO out of principle but pretending like Hallam's comments are a declaration of war is absurd. He clearly feels that the poor are already the victims of class warfare and sees their actions as a justified response. It's clear to me he sees people like you and I as part of the ignorant masses, oblivious to the path of destruction the fossil fuel industry has carved through the lowest stratas of society.

Opinion polls can be handwaved a lot easier than the government needing to discuss it in Parliament.

But wait a moment - Are you worried about the opposition having another stick to hit the government with? If you don't support having another general election then don't sign the petition.

Personally, it's less about actually expecting an election to be called as a result of the petition and more about publicly announcing our discontent at the current government. The media must address it eventually, and the opposition will use it against them.

As depressing as it is to admit, the group need a rethink of their approach. Making art pieces their targets seemed like a good strategy at first (art is wealthy peoples' business, the art is never damaged, its guaranteed to get front page coverage) but the reaction from the general public was near wholly negative. The Tories absolutely do weaponise it, too.

I don't have the answer, but I can recognise that these forms of protest are losing their edge in this day and age. Add in that protesting is now basically illegal, I just don't see why activists should continue to pour energy into them.

What's worse is he has no opinions of his own. He's simply saying this because it will make the needle move. He'd just as quickly endorse the trans community if he thought they would help him stay in power.

He's being coached on what to say and how to say it - that's why he repeats the same points over and over. This is just another one of those points.

I think HS2 money should be used to put JRM on a one way trip to the sun.

This man is trying to roast the woman for something she's clearly not ashamed of, while publicly outing himself for spending $30 on a single wank.

While I get the point you're making there's a big difference between being a bit miffed dick pumps are on full display at child's height in a supermarket and being a full on puritan that tries to deny sex exists outisde of procreation.

The word "agenda" triggers a Pavlovian rage response in me.

The sheer number of times I've seen some right-wing numpty angrily posting things like "what is your AGENDA?!" in response to political figures has permanently tainted the word for me.

If the admin has bailed on this place then it might be time to jump ship. It's only a matter of time until they pull the plug.

On Lemmy it is more like 40 something year old neckbeards that haven't seen the light of day in 2 decades. They claim to struggle to make friends at parties but could easily run a country.