When this happened Meg O’neil ran around town exclaiming how fearful she’d been. But the cops were there, at her house, waiting for the activists.

And whats happened since? Has the Woodside exec been hassled? I haven’t heard about anything more. The activists have though. Who should actually be afraid of who in this situation?

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    I’m criticising them for being completely ineffective. Worse than that even - counter productive, because they undermine effective climate change activism.

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      Please describe what is effective climate change activism in your opinion, because I am unsure what you mean by that.

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        Effective climate change activism would mitigate climate change in some way.

        These guys achieved absolutely nothing.

        Are you able to explain what the objective was?

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          How many books have you read on political theory?

          Who are your favorite critics of peoples movements and the history of protest politics?

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          Effective climate change activism would mitigate climate change in some way.

          Just like you mitigate answering my question, troll -> blocked

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            Ah yes, the hallmark of enlightened debate: block people that ask uncomfortable questions.

            No one has answered my simple question: what were these people hoping to achieve?

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      You are talking about them. Seems quite effective.

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        Well “talking about” yes - but are these people really our best ambassadors? They can’t be our best and brightest surely.

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          So we should patiently wait for things to change by voting every few years?

          Protests are what changed the world for the better.