I’m betting MSNBC would be singing a different tune if the climate cult nutbags were going into MSNBC offices and gluing themselves to stuff, throwing food all around
Why the climate art protests are so powerful
How can we condemn the acts when their premise is sound and their cause is so righteous?
An angry scream. A pained moan. An astonished “Oh my gosh.”
Those were the first three reactions that could be heard after two British climate activists threw tomato soup on one of Vincent Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings at the National Gallery in London in a video that went ultra-viral earlier this month.
The emotional register of those reactions — rage, sadness, shock — were a preview of what was to come. They foreshadowed the most common responses countless people on social media had to the action, during which one activist queried: “What is worth more? Art or life?” (snip)
Since then, climate activists have carried out similar acts again and again. German activists tossed mashed potatoes on a Monet, and a climate protester glued his head to Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” in the Netherlands. While these acts have similarly targeted works of art with protective coverings, they have continued to evoke strong emotions of anger and shock.
Much of the discussion has focused on whether tampering with — and risking the damage of — beloved artistic artifacts does more good or harm for climate activists. Some political and climate-focused analysts have passed around studies arguing that the extremism of the acts could be effective by drawing attention to the issue and building more robust support for more moderate factions of climate activists. Others have flagged studies indicating that it could backfire by alienating potential supporters.
Really, it just shows that these people are unhinged wackjobs. Let them attempt to ruin their own property.
First, their fundamental premise is sound: We are sleepwalking toward disaster and something vexing and distressing must be done to wake us up. It’s imperative for those of us who live comfortably in the global North — and can afford, for now, to ignore climate consequences that are already taking a toll on people on the margins of society all around the world — to experience some kind of alertness-inducing discomfort. I cannot bring myself to feel anger toward activists who are causing people no harm for such a righteous cause at a time when there is nothing remotely close to a mass mobilization on behalf of building a sufficiently sustainable global economy and society.
Second, there is something brilliant going on here as a form of performance art. The actions are evocative because they act as a microcosm of the horror that awaits us. Rehearsing the destruction of what we cherish as most beautiful and most worthy of preservation is surely relevant to the question of whether we’re doing enough to deal with climate change. Because indeed, rising seas and superstorms and wildfires are going to eventually destroy so much of our world’s most magnificent cultural heritage. Simultaneously, in the anguish we experience at the specter of losing art documenting the real world, we are being graced with a more vital reminder: We must protect the natural world with the same zeal we protect beautiful art that captures it.
This is what a cult looks like. Let them go to Zeesham Aleem’s house, throw soup on it, glue themselves, or his fossil fueled vehicle, and see how he feels.
Seriously, does this look rational? Or batshit insane?
Climate change activists glue themselves to art #climate #Germany #activists pic.twitter.com/QjoYiOC6ji
— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) October 27, 2022
Just now a Dutch climate activist glued himself to the table at a talk show. He says Pakistan floods are worsening. They're not. He acts like a baby. Finally, he slips off the table, proving that the glue was as fake as he was. Disgraceful, infantile, & embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/5JhNTC2Egz
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 28, 2022
It continues to prove my point that this is not a science, it is a doomsday cult.
Well, because they are neither.
You’re welcome.
Makes me feel like going out and buying an EV or something.
Their message is that powerful.
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Kind of like past protests which deliberately blocked traffic, the obvious question is: do these protests actually help their cause, or hurt it?
The traffic blocking protests could only serve to piss off the people caught in the traffic jams they caused. The throwing material on major artworks probably didn’t endear people to their cause, either, especially if the people who read about it didn’t see the part about the artworks being protected behind glass.
During the Tour de France last summer, a couple of groups of warmunist idiots glued themselves to the roadway in front of the cyclists, causing organizers to scramble, and decide to let the race leaders leave the same time ahead of the peloton as they had been stopped, which was fair. However, at least one cyclist was injured when he crashed as the peloton came to a sudden halt.
Me? I just can’t see how annoying people helps the warmunists’ cause.;
These protests seem to trigger climate deniers quite a bit. I seldom even read about them extensively except on right-wing websites
Dear H:
The issue is simple.
The destruction of private or public property does trigger us real world people, aka Conservatives much more than you Leftes because we mostly have purchased/made subject property ourselves.
You Lefties have not.
Since you have little to nothing invested you do not care if something is destroyed.
Conmenter: The destruction of private or public property does trigger us real world people, aka Conservatives much more than you Leftes because we mostly have purchased/made subject property ourselves.
LOL. Is that why Blue states are rich and Red states poor?
No doubt many liberals ARE impoverished. American cities have plenty of poor minorities who predominantly vote for democrats. Conservatives have famously had little genuine concern for these people.
Is it possible that traditional cons abhor any disturbance in societal order?
Funny-is that because blue cites are shit-holes and red ones are not?
Why do Blue states have to support Red states?
Historically, large cities were financial centers and have remained so (unnecessarily). Our fraudulent financial system sucks money towards it like a Hoover, which is why our Government is so attracted to it. Taxes are applied when money moves, not when it sits still. We have an income tax, not a wealth tax.
Those cities are not where the wealth is really created or generated, it’s just where it pools for future investment. GE, Ford, Boeing, and Lockheed aren’t building factories in Manhattan. Nobody is drilling for oil or gas in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley. In fact nothing done in Silicon Valley has to be done in Silicon Valley. It could move anywhere. The financial institutions just take an inordinate cut when it passes through their hands. And so does government.
If the wealth were properly apportioned to the actual owners and where these owners live, instead of when it passes through the hands of the markets, I doubt the Blue states would seem so wealthy. Not counting their inflated real estate, that is. But we’ve seen how little those big office buildings are really worth during covid “work from home” and the subsequent real estate bubble crashing as interest rates climb.
Cities and the surrounding ‘burbs are where the people are. These are the transportation hubs.
Your progressive ideas regarding reining in the “financial institutions” are greatly appreciated.
Are you really recommending a wealth tax? We agree on that as well.
Now that statement per Jeff has to be up for an award for one of the mist stupid things said to date.
We’re saved-the warmies are gluing themselves to various objects! “Bad” weather will improve shortly..
Dear Elwood:
“Conmenter: The destruction of private or public property does trigger us real world people, aka Conservatives much more than you Leftes because we mostly have purchased/made subject property ourselves.
LOL. Is that why Blue states are rich and Red states poor?”
Are you daft?
“No doubt many liberals ARE impoverished. American cities have plenty of poor minorities who predominantly vote for democrats. Conservatives have famously had little genuine concern for these people.”
This claim has nothing to do with the fact that it is Lefties who destroy cities, statues while canceling people and removing them from platforms.
“Is it possible that traditional cons abhor any disturbance in societal order?”
Noun – Disturbance: a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behavior; a riot:
“the disturbances were precipitated when four men were refused bail”
Your question answers itself.
Nice try.
from Merriam-Webster…
Disturbance (n):
1: the act of disturbing someone or something; the state of being disturbed
a: an interruption of a state of peace, quiet, or calm
b: an interference with or alteration in a planned, ordered, or usual procedure, state, or habit
c: a departure from a norm or standard: a deviation, disruption, or impairment in form, function, or activity
Traditional cons famously want things to stay the same, that is, no disturbance of any kind.
Culturally, you’re right. I don’t care what you think so long as you don’t mess up my life and my lifestyle in the process. Leave my family alone, Groomers. Burn your own cities to the ground, but stay off my property. Gangbang each other all you want, but threaten me and mine, and I’ll leave you bleeding out in a ditch.
But in most other ways, conservatives want progress. Real technological progress, not chasing stupid poorly thought-out fads. We want more energy and better transportation. Adequate food supplies with modern farming and ranching. You can keep your stupid windmills and eat your stupid bugs. I want steak.
I’ve always thought that the radical green cultists are a threat to solution of the real problems of actual chemical pollution. Their ranting hurts the credibility of actual environmental causes.