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That’ll certainly win them more hearts and minds. Sheesh

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I used to be quite sympathetic but after seeing them blocking ambulances and trying to fuck up the day of people who otherwise agree, I hate them and hope they’re all arrested. And I’m not alone. Support for the climate movement has halved in two years in Germany because of these absolute morons.

While 68 percent of those surveyed in 2021 said they fundamentally supported the climate movement, the figure in the current publication has halved to 34 percent. What is striking is that support has declined significantly in all social groups, even in more progressive milieus that were otherwise more open to the movement.

When asked specifically about the “Last Generation” road blockades, 85 percent of those surveyed said they had no understanding of this form of protest.

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Oh no, how will we ever cope without the support of spiteful dickheads who weren’t doing a single fucking thing to help in the first place.

Peoe like you don’t understand the point of these protests. It’s not about winning you lot over, because nothing was ever going to do that. We have been protesting “the right way” for decades and people like you just stuck your head in the sand and ignored the problem to focus on your own convenience. And now we’re royally fucked. So all we can do now is get in pepples way, disrupt their lives so they are forced to pay some kind of attention.

When people like you say you disaprove of these protests, what you really mean is you want to be able to go back to ignoring the problem.

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How will these protests lead to meaningful change? Do you think this form of protest will result in any more success than aforementioned ‘right way’?

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If you don’t realise why killing political support for your cause is bad, by all means, keep doing what you’re doing. If you want to affect real change, be nice to the people from whom you want votes. Democracy requires discussion and compromise. Pissing on your allies does the opposite of what you want.

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Aaaaaaaaaaand this is how you nuke support from orbit.

This way isn’t working either. It’s time to go back to the drawing board and brainstorm some better ideas.

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I think this comment demonstrates pretty much everything that’s wrong with the JSO approach. The arrogant supposition that you know anything about the people who are disrupted is breathtaking.

So all we can do now is get in pepples way, disrupt their lives so they are forced to pay some kind of attention.

You have that right. But I suspect that “people like you” care very little about climate change and how to avoid it. But you really enjoy getting in people’s way, disrupting theitr lives and getting attention… and that’s the point.

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but after seeing them blocking ambulances

JSO in the UK have a very clear blue-light policy - ie get out of the way and let them pass - so this does not happen.

Beyond that, the point of protest is that it’s disruptive.

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