Originally Posted by Blue_Circle
(Post 10924286)
I always question the motives of people when the 'conversation' they want to start is patently only ever going to be at full volume and accompanied by a chest poke.
I was furious when I saw it the first time, this morning. I went away, made a cup of coffee and thought about it. The message isn't wrong, and I watched the video multiple times. |
XR?? Bunch of eco-warriors currently infiltrated by the Socialist Labour League (Trots) and Young Communists of GB - both are models for the "Peoples Front for the Liberation of Judea" etc etc
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
(Post 10924281)
It was a publicity stunt to attract media attention to their cause. Seems it worked.
Oh, and the Cenotaph was opened in 1920 to commemorate those lives lost in WW1. There was no threat to our freedom in WW1 at all. As to XR, of course they wanted to cause outrage in order to bring publicity for their cause. Did they succeed? Yes. Were they right to do so? No, it's just another group who know what is right along with all the others that do so too. |
Says it all really...... what it REALLY is about.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54840215 |
I had my ticket and was happily about to jump on the outrage bus... but I see no stamping on wreaths, no desecration. A bit of a wanky protest but climate change affects us all and if we don't pay attention to it the world will suffer as surely as if those we remember hadn't been willing to sacrifice their lives.
There's more than one way to squander a generation. |
The sooner this rebellion is made extinct the better. They are always happy to use what is effectively force, to inconvenience or upset ordinary people going about their normal lives.
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Our freedoms are rapidly dwindling. XR are a bad lot, and their effect is to give an excuse to our "authorities" to clamp down further.
XR, (like BLM and others) are too offensive in their own way to garner mainstream support. But they certainly give an impetus to our governing bodies in the UK to restrict liberty. |
The model is to provoke halfhearted rebellions that can then be wholeheartedly crushed. Has worked for authoritarians for millennia.
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
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XR?? Bunch of eco-warriors currently infiltrated by the Socialist Labour League (Trots) and Young Communists of GB - both are models for the "Peoples Front for the Liberation of Judea" etc etc
That out of the way this above post is so 50’s. Who cares if they are supported by communists, Buddhists, or the pope himself. This is the 21st century and I think we are beyond the “Red Scare”. The world has moved on. The day of the major nations going to war for land is long gone. They have all figured out there is no reason, as it can’t be won. You may conquer but you will never rule. Economic war is the way to go now which all major countries have accepted. China is well into this and is leading the fight and to be fair I’m not sure anyone can stop them. Some minor countries with no major economy to speak of still opt for the confrontational approach, but in the main tanks rolling down Main Street are a thing of the past. |
If they really believe in a long term approach, they would get themselves sterilised to reduce the world population - although it could well be too late.
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Originally Posted by radeng
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If they really believe in a long term approach, they would get themselves sterilised to reduce the world population - although it could well be too late.
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The virus deniers were pepper sprayed, and a piper assaulted.
Just saying |
Originally Posted by pr00ne
(Post 10924281)
It was a publicity stunt to attract media attention to their cause. Seems it worked.
Oh, and the Cenotaph was opened in 1920 to commemorate those lives lost in WW1. There was no threat to our freedom in WW1 at all. FB |
I think there's a mistake in the veteran's surname, it should be Bell-end
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I suppose a public hanging is out of the question?
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Worth having a read of the Bio of the founder of XR on Wikipedia.
Good for a chuckle. ” Extreme weather “ events apparently destroyed his tiny farm in Wales. He might like to visit Australia ! Is there something in the water in the UK at the moment? |
Credit to the BBC for a change. They didn't feature it on the national news.
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It is a utterly disrespectful act - no sympathy.
But - I totally understand their concern. Like the science that says COVID is bad and will kills lots of people, especially if governments don't do hard lockdowns. Climate/ Environmental science has been pointing out that we marching toward a catastrophe. Orders of magnitude worse for humans and the planet than COVID if we don't change our ways in an dramatic fashion. we disregard / don't act to our extreme peril. |
I am currently watching this idiot on morning TV. He just had his ar$e handed to him by Afghan veteran Marine Ben McBean, but still refuses to admit what he did was wrong. Sometimes I feel like putting my foot through the tv and sending ITV and XR the bill!
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"That out of the way this above post is so 50’s. Who cares if they are supported by communists, Buddhists, or the pope himself. This is the 21st century and I think we are beyond the “Red Scare”.
HF40 if you look at my posting history you'll see I'm no red-baiter and that I believe that climate change is happening and is a big issue XR started out as a group of people who believed in direct action against climate change - I'm no fan of direct action when there are other avenues to follow but that's what they were. In the last year or so they have been infiltrated by those who want to turn it into another anti-capitalist, anti- business, anti-police action group. The idea is of course to provoke retaliation and radicalise the membership on other issues. It isn't a "Red Scare" - its what is actually happening - the YCLUK is on record telling it's members to join XR for this very reason. The real issue is that XR turn off more and more people (even Greenpeace deals with them using a very long pole) and they damage the whole climate change debate |
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