ACAB at XR protest

[Buelligan]

Some chalk spray pictured earlier...


The university caused 11 established deaths and an environmental disaster? The bastards!

That you're still talking about why they're protesting rather than how the're protesting suggests that, either deliberately or otherwise, you're failing to take on board what I've been saying.

Please, anyone who's concentrating on what is wrong with these protests, please, please, think about how a protest should be.  How would your ideal successful protest look, then tell everyone.

Deepwater Horizon caused 11 deaths.  What does that building have to do with Deepwater Horizon?  I believe it's the home of the BP Institute.  BP were in charge of Deepwater Horizon.  I expect that's the relationship there.  Like targeting the banks.

[The Mollusk]

Those forests were blocking direct straight-line routes to hospitals from one side of the world to the other. Are you trying to tell me that's a bad thing?

[ZoyzaSorris]

Whether it actually happened or not, anyone applauding this incident as it resulted in there being one less person to destroy the planet should really be saying the ambulance should have run over the protestors, as then there'd be several less people to destroy the planet rather than just one. I mean ideally by their logic the kid would still have died too, but at least if some other planet destroyers had been squashed under an ambulance then it would more than make up for it if the child survived

Yes but I think the key thing is that it didn't happen. SGN seems like a nice enough lad but he doesn't half come out with some bollocks on here (and not just his appallingly wrong opinions on the Alien films)

[pigamus]

If you don't block the road, the media can choose to ignore you, and if you do they'll call you an irresponsible bunch of bastards. How you solve that problem I don't know.

Block city centres that don't have hospitals in them, maybe.

[Buelligan]

Do you believe that the people running interference against XR are worried about hospitals?  They're working for the government.  If they cared about hospitals and public health, things would not be as they are.

No, IMO, these people care about finding a hook that works on social media to hang XR on.  They'd use antisemitism, foreigness, bludging, if they thought it'd run.  It's that cynical.  To put it bluntly, if they gave a single shit about public health, where were their plans for COVID?  Where are their plans to ensure that people will be able to breathe and eat and drink in a couple of decade's time?

They don't care, they just want people to keep on consuming and fuck the future.  But the future is coming soon.  Really, very soon.

[Shit Good Nose]

he doesn't half come out with some bollocks on here (and not just his appallingly wrong opinions on the Alien films)

Aside from my opinion that 3 is better than Aliens (and I'm not the only one that thinks that), my thinking with the rest of the franchise is pretty much in line with popular consensus.

After that, what other some bollocks do I come out with?

[pigamus]

Do you believe that the people running interference against XR are worried about hospitals? 

No, I just meant in terms of giving them fewer sticks to beat you with.

[chveik]

Distancing themselves from being socialist (they never ruled out being capitalist) seems like a huge misstep, given the power of unions in both fighting climate change and working at societal fairness (admittedly not their core aim). But I guess you only need to look at their plastic bag dance to see they are mostly a band of white liberals.

I agree with your first sentence, but I don't think 'white liberals' usually take the risk to end up in prison or getting beat up by the police. they just whine on twitter.

also, XR has done a lot of different protests. cheery-picking those that you don't find useful is pure sophistry.

[BlodwynPig]

Please, anyone who's concentrating on what is wrong with these protests, please, please, think about how a protest should be.  How would your ideal successful protest look, then tell everyone.

Deepwater Horizon caused 11 deaths.  What does that building have to do with Deepwater Horizon?  I believe it's the home of the BP Institute.  BP were in charge of Deepwater Horizon.  I expect that's the relationship there.  Like targeting the banks.

Deepwater horizon caused millions of deaths of animals.

[bgmnts]

Animals don't count.

Aside from my opinion that 3 is better than Aliens

This is akin to Holocaust denial in my opinion.

[jobotic]

Pissed up gammon Nazis blocking the A20 at the moment. Has Murdoch or Patel said anything?

[idunnosomename]

I don't Bolivia

[The Mollusk]

If XR cared so much about the environment they'd be doing their protests up in the sky, blocking the route of the poisonous emissions on their way to the ozone layer.

[Captain Z]

Can we safely assume that child/ambulance story never happened, as nobody has been able to provide any evidence?

The only results Google can throw up for the appropriate search terms is an incident in India a few years ago.

https://www.google.com/search?q=child+died+ambulance+protest&oq=child+died+ambulance+protest

[idunnosomename]

Children shouldn't be driving ambulances anyway imo

[Buelligan]

No, I just meant in terms of giving them fewer sticks to beat you with.

Like I said, the only way of avoiding being beaten is to stay quiet and buy shit.

[Buelligan]

I agree with your first sentence, but I don't think 'white liberals' usually take the risk to end up in prison or getting beat up by the police. they just whine on twitter.

also, XR has done a lot of different protests. cheery-picking those that you don't find useful is pure sophistry.

This too is true... so difficult to know what's best.  Cherry, btw, chviek.  Though, if you do the accent, probably not.  Anyway, watch the Novara thing.

[Dusty Substance]

XR cunts

Yep. A squad of useless performing arts Levellers listening pricks. They're only going to make things worse.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Can we just pause the serious debate a second while we look at these objectively very funny captions.

[Buelligan]

Yep. A squad of useless performing arts Levellers listening pricks. They're only going to make things worse.

They're not opening another coal fired power station to supply their smelly dole-funded dreadlock yoghurt factory are they?  Cunts.

[Goldentony]

Levellers listening pricks.

what the fuck is this? what year is it?

[Buelligan]

It's twenty years ago today.

[Goldentony]

Dusty mate are you trapped in TFI Friday, nod head once for yes

[Sebastian Cobb]

And this bollocks.

[Goldentony]

zero sympathy for anyone talking to the sun, and also likely total bollocks, block the sun from being printed imo, give anyone doing it a fucking trophy

[Buelligan]

Not just the exploited kiddies making a tiny crust who'll suffer.  Think of all those in Liverpool (and elsewhere) who will have to go about with dirty arseholes.  Tragedy ripples spreading everywhere.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Wish more newsagents took a leaf out the scousers books and just refused to stock it.

If ER (I've watched the Novara vid now) want to be not-socialist can we at least have some socialist copycats blocking the papers on the regs please?

[Shit Good Nose]

And this bollocks.

Absolute cunts.

[Goldentony]

yeah just had a look down the newsagents, loads of papers to read, loads of great information, just no Sun or Times which is a shame because I know people need updates on cunts and whatever the Times is, updates on property ownership and fucking your sister

[Buelligan]

Yep. A squad of useless performing arts Levellers listening pricks. They're only going to make things worse.

Time, it seems, is a cruel mistress.