Extinction rebellion london protest: Arrests top 715

ive listened to greta thunberg and i dont get what she really wants
she goes on about how climate change is bad but the whole country accepts that it is bad
if she really wants real change she should be campaigning to change peoples lifestyles so that they dont drive or fly or make them become vegan
there is only so much the government can do to reduce emissions
ngl i could skip school and shout at parliament, it doesnt take a genius
and shes from sweden, one of the most eco friendly countries in the world
its easy to shout at the government but not easy to tell people to change their lifestyles to stop climate change
and id like to see her protesting in china or russia

and id like to see her protesting in china or russia

I see this being said a lot, but it's just such an insanely stupid point.

As for why? Lets have a look:

Naturally, the British extinction rebellion protesters are going to protest in Britain, because it's where they live. Greta also naturally started her protest movement in her country. Since then she has visited other countries (and spoken to representatives of various countries) to raise awareness, including the World Economic Forum. She's only really been in the spotlight for less than a year.

But the real crux of this is a general theme that because China and other countries are collectively more polluting than the UK or other western countries, that we can't criticise our own place in the problem is nothing more than just lazy (and I mean very lazy) whataboutism. Imagine tutting and shaking your head, suggesting that someone protesting against the Chinese governments authoritarian control instead go protest in North Korea, because their government is worse. It's the kind of comment that comes about by not properly thinking out your position, and instead just reacting.

But there is a very real and more important reason in all of this, beyond what we can and can't do as citizens in the west. A large part of pollution in places like China or India come from the outsourcing of cheap products to those countries, we (as a whole) are a major importer of these goods. Should our governments not only demand that products sourced internal meet certain regulations, but that imports do as well, countries like India or China would be forced to implement cleaner methods of production, or would otherwise see their production reduced.

The final point is that, as you well know, protesting against the government in Russia and especially China isn't looked on very favourably.

ive listened to greta thunberg and i dont get what she really wants
she goes on about how climate change is bad but the whole country accepts that it is bad
if she really wants real change she should be campaigning to change peoples lifestyles so that they dont drive or fly or make them become vegan
there is only so much the government can do to reduce emissions
ngl i could skip school and shout at parliament, it doesnt take a genius
and shes from sweden, one of the most eco friendly countries in the world
its easy to shout at the government but not easy to tell people to change their lifestyles to stop climate change
and id like to see her protesting in china or russia

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-climate-change-extinction-rebellion-protest-young-people-a8883806.html

My friend Scarlett wrote a piece about it on the Independent

It's a really good piece!

I think one thing that really bugs some people is just how much younger people understand issues now, how well they communicate about them and how determined they are to do something about them.

Ms Thunburg's school needs to put her in detention and make her write 10000 times

"i must not be an annoying twonk"

*"Jag får inte vara en irriterande twonk" in her own tongue.

They’ve glued themselves to the LSE and on top of the DLR at Canary Wharf

just to clarify that is the stock exchange, not the leftie echo chamber.

Couldn't find a 'twonk' on the Ikea site, I think you have confused it with the Twank, which is a talking bear.

hmmmm....

"....it may be derived from an older British gay slang term twank, which means: "The quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male); a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's 'partner'".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twink_(gay_slang)

I have to lol that you think LSE is some sort of leftie central, it's been a bedrock of econo-political right wingery for about the last 40 years. Perhaps Bear has been watching too many 1970s TV shows?

Ms Thunburg's school needs to put her in detention and make her write 10000 times

"i must not be an annoying twonk"

*"Jag får inte vara en irriterande twonk" in her own tongue.