Examples include Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion here in the UK.
Personally, I think some charities are groups are genuine in their outburst wanting large firms to stop strangling the natural beauty for profit, however for me there is a red line that can be crossed.
Blocking roads preventing medical care, people going to work, interview and possibly a nice vacation away. This doesn’t really help but make the public look at your group in a bad light.
The same can also be said when attempting to destroy priceless art for a cheap publicity stunt knowing it’ll get clicks on social media.
TLDR - I think some groups are genuinely good whilst others are just shouting in a speakerphone, pissing everyone else off.
What do YOU think?
Depends on their actions. Those that just vandalize random art or monuments that have nothing to do with climate change can fuck right off.
Nobody did that, you are one ignorant parrot
Nobody:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw44mdee0zzo
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/28/europe/soup-thrown-mona-lisa-louvre-paris-intl/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/protesters-arrested-throwing-substance-soup-cans-vincent-van-goghs-sun-rcna52241
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-09/protesters-vandalise-warhols-campbells-soup-cans/101633452
Those links don’t say what you think they say.
So they didn’t vandalize art, they bedraggled the glas protecting the art, didn’t they? As if they didn’t really wanted to destroy the Mona Lisa and Warhols Soup Cans.
People have literally been convicted for it. You should try moving your goal posts back to reality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51y99yrj49o
Apparently the painting was protected by glass. I don’t know the cultural significance of the frame.
Either way, I don’t approve of vandalism against random objects as a form of protest. How much damage was caused is is relevant for sentencing, not the principle.
The protestors stuck around to be arrested and sentenced, that makes it way easier for me to excuse.
IMO minor damage is acceptable, given the cause.
And that is a good thing?
See my initial comment.
But you just learned no art was vandalized. That might change your opinion.
No art was damaged because the protective meassure in place worked. It’s still vandalism.
You basically just went from “This didn’t happen” to “It’s not vandalism” to “It shouldn’t be considered vandalism”. I don’t think I’m the one that should consider changing their opinion here.