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Extinction Rebellion Ireland

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  • #2132
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    The 'men' kicking the protester in the head? Agreed.

    Guess again.


  • #2133
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    Why would you fight with a non-violent movement?
    Because they wont get out of my way. Shove their " peaceful protest" up their hole


  • #2134
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Edgware wrote: »
    Because they wont get out of my way. Shove their " peaceful protest" up their hole

    You so bad ass


  • #2135
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Why aren't xr hindering people in Mayfair, Notting Hill, Chelsea, Knightsbridge etc? .




    Because that is were the vast majority of them live. Like all the socialists today.


  • #2136
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Edgware wrote: »
    Because they wont get out of my way. Shove their " peaceful protest" up their hole

    They seem to be under the impression that they have some kind of right or authority to block people's path.


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  • #2137
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Omackeral wrote: »
    It'll go the way of Occupy, Kony and Y2K bug

    Yes the disappearing wildlife and ecosystems will just start to replenish by themselves and the oceans will clean themselves up and everything will go back to how it was 100 years ago, phew


  • #2138
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Plumbthedepths wrote: »

    Your posts make you sound like you've watched too many Clint Eastwood films.

    Clint Eastwood not particularly found of his old stuff tbh. Gran Tourino. Great movie, his character doesn't suffer idiots. Neither did the commuters this morning this must be fans too.


  • #2139
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Yes the disappearing wildlife and ecosystems will just start to replenish by themselves and the oceans will clean themselves up and everything will go back to how it was 100 years ago, phew




    How does taxing plant food remove the plastic floating in the ocean?


  • #2140
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭20Cent


    What did you do in the years before the environment was polluted beyond repair?

    I slagged off the people wanting to fix it on the internet son.


  • #2141
    Professor Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 14,359 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Professor Moriarty wrote: »

    Clint Eastwood not particularly found of his old stuff tbh. Gran Tourino. Great movie, his character doesn't suffer idiots. Neither did the commuters this morning this must be fans too.

    Yay. Go Clints.


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  • #2142
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Yes the disappearing wildlife and ecosystems will just start to replenish by themselves and the oceans will clean themselves up and everything will go back to how it was 100 years ago, phew
    They'll be replenished with Gretas magic piss


  • #2143
    NotToScale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭NotToScale


    I'm a big supporter of environmental policies and a greener economy, but I think an aspect of these protests are just feeding the far right with fodder by being so unfocused.

    They're creating awareness and expressing anger, but I'm seeing very little in the way of calls for action to do something pragmatic and deliverable and some of the protests in London over the last 24 hours have actually targeted public transport, which is completely counterproductive.

    It's all very well expressing annoyance with the status quo, but you also have to provide leadership towards alternatives. The Green Parties and similar movements all do that and do it very well but some (and I stress some not all) of these protests are just really lacking that. It's ending up looking more like anarchy.

    My concern is that they'll actually turn people off what are really important issues by going that bit too extreme and actually end up undermining the Green movement rather than helping it by pushing it into the extremities of politics instead of the mainstream.

    In Europe in general there has been a lot of mainstreaming of Green policies and politics. To me, I just see more US polarised politics being imported to Europe. The US has a huge issue with climate change denial, anti-science, anti-expert and conspiracy theorist nonsense. In general, Europe hasn't had that level of insanity (it has had some but nothing like not he scale of Trumpish America). However, we're now seemingly importing the whole polarisation of an us vs them mentality that really risks a lot of problems.


  • #2144
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Sorry now but when I say motorway I mean private cars

    And when I say airport I mean commercial flights and particularly private planes.


  • #2145
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    MrAbyss wrote: »
    How does taxing plant food remove the plastic floating in the ocean?

    It doesn't. The f*ck are you on about?


  • #2146
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Omackeral wrote: »
    It'll go the way of Occupy, Kony and Y2K bug
    Yeah, let's leave the Y2K bug out of this bunch of usual suspects. It was a real thing and it went away because a whole lot of money was spent on fixing it.


  • #2147
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    20Cent wrote: »
    What did you do in the years before the environment was polluted beyond repair?

    I slagged off the people wanting to fix it on the internet son.

    Or

    I fought against the rich privileged people who wanted to make you poorer than me


  • #2148
    MrAbyss
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭MrAbyss


    NotToScale wrote: »
    I'm a big supporter of environmental policies and a greener economy, but I think an aspect of these protests are just feeding the far right


    So basically anyone who questions Al Gore's hockey stick is essentially a member of the SS in your mind?

    You do realized that making such cheap slurs is the PRIMARY reason why people hate Leftists these days?


  • #2149
    Professor Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 14,359 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    Leftists! Lovin it. Waiting for libtard, SJW and snowflake. And Warmunist. My new favourite word. Let's kick the ****e out of all those goddam warmunists. Where's ma gun Maw?


  • #2150
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭20Cent


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Or

    I fought against the rich privileged people who wanted to make you poorer than me

    They will definitely be poorer than you, don't worry.


  • #2151
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,473 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    We are all consumers and hypocrites but we need a new system or the Earth is f*cked!


    Changes are indeed needed..


    Scientifically proven incremental changes across society, changes that both benifet climate and biodiversity but allow society to continue functioning...



    But these idiots peddaling their doomsday scenario while holding some cort of carnival intent on making a nusience of themselves is no way to do it.


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  • #2152
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Sorry now but when I say motorway I mean private cars

    And when I say airport I mean commercial flights and particularly private planes.

    You are a spoofer on a wind up. We know this, you’ve over egged it.


  • #2153
    Calhoun
    Registered Users Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    _Brian wrote: »
    Changes are indeed needed..


    Scientifically proven incremental changes across society, changes that both benifet climate and biodiversity but allow society to continue functioning...



    But these idiots peddaling their doomsday scenario while holding some cort of carnival intent on making a nusience of themselves is no way to do it.

    Looks like the common folk aren't all to happy with them.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmyfeedingtube/comments/dj3a5r/hmft_after_i_join_a_climate_change_protest_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x


  • #2154
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    You are a spoofer on a wind up. We know this, you’ve over egged it.

    Sorry but that’s just your attitude to me. I’m not a spoofer. You have been against climate change and xr since day 1 as far as I can see.


  • #2155
    Calhoun
    Registered Users Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Sorry but that’s just your attitude to me. I’m not a spoofer. You have been against climate change and de since day 1 as far as I can see.

    You tell him, you have bought all Attenborough's DvD's, what has he ever done for the climate.


  • #2156
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Leftists! Lovin it. Waiting for libtard, SJW and snowflake. And Warmunist. My new favourite word. Let's kick the ****e out of all those goddam warmunists. Where's ma gun Maw?

    Do you think that the world's biggest companies are liberal or conservative


  • #2157
    pavb2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭pavb2


    Calhoun wrote: »
    Looks like the common folk aren't all to happy with them.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmyfeedingtube/comments/dj3a5r/hmft_after_i_join_a_climate_change_protest_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

    I think we can over analyse things and one of the comments from Reddit sums up the reaction.


    For most of these people, they’re paying a hefty chunk of their salary every day just to get to work on an overcrowded, overpriced and delayed service. Then this guy pops up and is basically like group therapy to them


  • #2158
    Calhoun
    Registered Users Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    pavb2 wrote: »
    I think we can over analyse things and one of the comments from Reddit sums up the reaction.


    For most of these people, they’re paying a hefty chunk of their salary every day just to get to work on an overcrowded, overpriced and delayed service. Then this guy pops up and is basically like group therapy to them

    He got bet up for their sins.


  • #2159
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,841 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    NotToScale wrote: »
    I'm a big supporter of environmental policies and a greener economy, but I think an aspect of these protests are just feeding the far right with fodder by being so unfocused.

    They're creating awareness and expressing anger, but I'm seeing very little in the way of calls for action to do something pragmatic and deliverable and some of the protests in London over the last 24 hours have actually targeted public transport, which is completely counterproductive.

    Agreed, reminds me of Occupy and BLM and how their most extreme adherents were handy for some well-poisoning.


  • #2160
    Snails pace
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Snails pace


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Just to repeat my view

    I fully support the Irish XR

    The London version that is going after public transport does not have my support

    Blockade a motorway or airport instead I would support

    Have a go trying to block the M50 or M7 and see how it goes?
    What will blocking a motorway achieve tell me ?


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  • #2161
    Micky 32
    Registered Users Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭Micky 32


    Snails pace wrote: »
    Have a go trying to block the M50 or M7 and see how it goes?
    What will blocking a motorway achieve tell me ?


    I'd love to see them try to do a blockade at the airport, it would be seen as very serious and they wouldn't get very far. I must send Beechwoodspanks a postcard from the USA :P


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