• eatthecake@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    So why are you highlighting their activities and, absurdly, calling it an attack on democracy? You are giving their ‘shock tactics’ publicity (whilst denouncing those tactics as ineffective), claiming to agree with their message, and at the same time accusing them of an entirely different agenda: ‘anti-democratic’. You make no sense.

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      8 months ago

      Having a nuanced opinion means - to me - that understanding that climate change is bad but also understanding that there is a limited amount that we can do as individuals or a country to resolve it.

      When I see JSO doing these stunts I worry that they are delegitimising the entire cause of climate change by taking such a hardcore stance. (And seemingly not caring about other societal norms in their protest.)

      Edit: Having a right to protest is part of democracy; threatening cultural artefacts most people value is anti-democratic.