Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the "property and machinery" of the fossil fuel economy.

Tougher laws are said to inspire clandestine attacks on the “property and machinery” of the fossil fuel economy.

  • capybara@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I’m all for better climate policy, but “because peaceful protest doesn’t work” is a pretty bad justification. My peaceful protest to mandate wearing a colander in public won’t work, but that doesn’t mean that violent protest is justified.

    Equating the climate crisis to forcing people to wear a colander is beyond braindead.

    • Vincent@feddit.nlEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      It’s pretty hard to have a good discussion if you’re evaluating comparisons against standards that are not relevant to the point being made. My point was not to say that the climate crisis is as unimportant as needing to wear a colander; my point was that “it doesn’t work” is a bad argument, because you can also use it to justify something as ridiculous as wearing a colander.