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Extinction Rebellion Ireland

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    #2012
    _Brian
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    blinding wrote: »
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1191803/London-news-jubilee-line-canning-town-fight-video-extinction-rebellion-protest

    Extinction Rebellion meet the Working Class = Only going to be one winner there !

    Protests that disrupt the lives of the general public are rarely going to be met with positivity.
    The vast majority of working people lead a life that is timed very fine. When you disrupt this your causing them to be late for work, miss hospital appointments, late home from work, late to pick up kids from cre , late to pick kids up from football or dancing or whatever. People won’t stand for this.

    Particularly when it’s an organisation who have admitted they are full of nonsense and only using their alarming language to gain attention.


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    #2013
    Hurrache
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    To save people giving the Express clicks..
    https://twitter.com/HollyJoCollins/status/1184713537232556032?s=19


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    #2014
    Wanderer78
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    Yay, beating protestors rocks!


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    #2015
    Thelonious Monk
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    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly


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    #2016
    Plumbthedepths
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    Play stupid games win stupid prizes.


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    #2017
    Wanderer78
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    Thelonious Monk wrote:
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly


    Ah to be fair, some were probably heading home


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    #2018
    Topgear on Dave
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly

    For lots of folk it helps when they're trying to feed the kids and pay the mortgage.


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    #2019
    Plumbthedepths
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly

    I can't believe you actually typed that. Then again you support the Greens and they have come out with some incredibly stupid stuff lately.


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    #2020
    Wanderer78
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    Plumbthedepths wrote:
    I can't believe you actually typed that. Then again you support the Greens and they have come out with some incredibly stupid stuff lately.

    I also support the greens, but they do come out with clangers from time to time, same as all the rest though


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    #2021
    lola85
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly

    What about self employed people who don’t get paid if they don’t actually get do the work like plumbers, electricians, builders?


    You’re ignorant and selfish and have no regard for normal people trying to just get by and feed their families.


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    #2022
    lola85
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    Yay, beating protestors rocks!

    Certainly does here.


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    #2023
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,071 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    lola85 wrote:
    Certainly does here.


    Not really


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    #2024
    weldoninhio
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    To save people giving the Express clicks..
    https://twitter.com/HollyJoCollins/status/1184713537232556032?s=19

    Great to see normal people come together and batter a common foe.


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    #2025
    blinding
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly
    A lot of people in London are self employed / agency / zero contract hours .

    They will not get paid if they do not get to work and may even lose their jobs .

    Elite-est Extinction Rebellion types would of course not be aware of that .


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    #2026
    evil_seed
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    So hypocritical. Causing delays on people using public transport, which is good for the environment.


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    #2027
    Wanderer78
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    blinding wrote:
    Elite-est Extinction Rebellion types would of course not be aware of that .


    I'd imagine many work in precarious employment, it's fairly common nowadays, particularly amongst younger generations


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    #2028
    is_that_so
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    It's ironic that our bunch would be seen as civilised in comparison. The sad but predictable outcome is that this will not register and they will continue to do what they've been doing all along, wilfully disrupting people's lives. I'm reluctant to use word cult but I think we have reached that point unfortunately.


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    #2029
    blinding
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    evil_seed wrote: »
    So hypocritical. Causing delays on people using public transport, which is good for the environment.
    Extinction Rebellion are just pain Dumb and we are supposed to pay heed to them :eek::eek:


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    #2030
    is_that_so
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Can't believe anyone wants to go to work that badly
    When the public has turned against you, you've lost completely.


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    #2031
    Wanderer78
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    is_that_so wrote:
    When the public has turned against you, you've lost completely.


    I'd imagine the majority of people are still for major action to reverse our destruction to the planet, but many of course would not be for this approach


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    #2032
    Beechwoodspark
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    As I said week ago if not longer I don’t agree with them targeting public transport.


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    #2033
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    To save people giving the Express clicks


    Wish they would just sod off, sit in a field and talk to the grass or something.......


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    #2034
    sheriff2
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    I have not read this complete thread, but I cant believe the **** the protesters seem to be getting from everyone. People in work, at football, in the gym moaning about these protests. If some of the scientific facts are correct are we not all ****ed in the next 10 - 15 years ! Who cares if you are late into work, enjoy it - you have an excuse!

    Am I missing something ?


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    #2035
    blinding
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    As I said week ago if not longer I don’t agree with them targeting public transport.
    They are brain deads .

    The Public will not follow Brain Deads .


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    #2036
    ToddyDoody
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    When you think about it, the dinosaurs went extinct but the planet continued on.


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    #2037
    is_that_so
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    I'd imagine the majority of people are still for major action to reverse our destruction to the planet, but many of course would not be for this approach
    It's a monumentally stupid approach and it risks tarring any other attempted message in the same way. Meanwhile we have a plan. Getting people on board with that and how it might be implemented is far more likely to achieve success.


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    #2038
    blinding
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    sheriff2 wrote: »
    I have not read this complete thread, but I cant believe the **** the protesters seem to be getting from everyone. People in work, at football, in the gym moaning about these protests. If some of the scientific facts are correct are we not all ****ed in the next 10 - 15 years ! Who cares if you are late into work, enjoy it - you have an excuse!

    Am I missing something ?
    Zero contract workers /agency workers / self employed people will be in no way impressed with your contribution .


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    #2039
    Plumbthedepths
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    sheriff2 wrote: »
    I have not read this complete thread, but I cant believe the **** the protesters seem to be getting from everyone. People in work, at football, in the gym moaning about these protests. If some of the scientific facts are correct are we not all ****ed in the next 10 - 15 years ! Who cares if you are late into work, enjoy it - you have an excuse!

    Pissing off the public to try and get policy changed is stupid. Plenty of people care if they are late for workparticularly people on zero hour contracts or the self employed for example.
    Am I missing something ?
    Lots apparently.


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    #2040
    sheriff2
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    blinding wrote: »
    Zero contract workers /agency workers / self employed people will be in no way impressed with your contribution .

    Fair point


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    #2041
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    sheriff2 wrote: »
    I have not read this complete thread, but I cant believe the **** the protesters seem to be getting from everyone. People in work, at football, in the gym moaning about these protests. If some of the scientific facts are correct are we not all ****ed in the next 10 - 15 years ! Who cares if you are late into work, enjoy it - you have an excuse!

    Am I missing something ?
    The fact that they have waning support and have ludicrous unmeetable demands.
    Protests generally don't work and all they do, increasingly here, is discommode people going about their normal lives. That's not a terribly bright long-term strategy.


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