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Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters

The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed.

Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage showing an orange powder covering some of the stones.

Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths, spraying paint, as another person attempted to stop them, in footage released by Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

This makes me want to go club a seal.

PythagreousTitties ,

Seal clubs are bangin. I don’t blame you.

andrewta ,

Yeah those people who built that place definitely screwed up the environment. This will show them. Let’s dig up their graves and piss on them to show the world we mean business.

Or maybe let’s not screw up historical sites and go after big business and the ones actually destroying the environment.

Sanctus ,
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I hate it too. But you’re hearing about it and its here on Lemmy. So its working. Idk if bad rep is what they want. They should be trashing the industry buildings and business headquarters of the most polluting companies. They’re getting arrested anyway and at least then they’d look like Captain Planet.

ummthatguy ,
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You should probably specify which Captain Planet.

https://gifdb.com/images/high/captain-planet-don-cheadle-walking-co7njey8o4ac3pw6.gif

Sanctus ,
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This is okay with me

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/12f397f3-945a-43df-91c3-7bc24ebf1f55.gif

PixelTron ,

I was today years old when I learned there’s a Don Cheadle Captain Planet short movie!?!

ummthatguy ,
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There ya go.

PixelTron ,

Captain Planet Mother Fucker!

aeronmelon ,

“Happy Arbor Day.”

Garbanzo ,

Is it working though? Does discussion of what absolute dipshits they are further the cause? I bet I’d hear about it if they bombed a refinery, but that takes some pretty serious commitment.

Prandom_returns ,

“Man, these people are dipshits”, “climate change is a problem though”

That’s an overall positive discussion that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

So these people are sacrificing their image for discourse about climate change.

todd_bonzalez ,

I think they’re also sacrificing the image of climate change activism.

Prandom_returns ,

Climate-change activism shouldn’t be a thing. Let’s not get comfortable with it existing, otherwise it will become constant background noise.

GBU_28 ,

Climate discussion was everywhere, last week. Every major news outlet and chat forum.

FluffyPotato ,

They have spray painted those HQs as well, the news just doesn’t cover it much. So far the only way to raise awerness has been to do stuff like this. Also they intentionally haven’t damaged anything historic so this works with no issue, they know what they are doing.

meco03211 ,

It’s like that internet law. The quickest way to the correct answer is to confidently assert an incorrect answer. Maybe the quickest way to getting noticed is whatever will entice the masses to “correct” your actions?

spujb ,

wait i love this theory and hate it so much it just might be correct

intensely_human ,

Yeah as a result of this stunt, I googled the term “climate change” and holy shit! Why hasn’t I heard of this!

So glad they raised my awareness of climate change, which I hadn’t heard of before.

Sanctus ,
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Amazingly missed the point. This is for the deniers and for all the inaction and half-assed attempts at fixing the problem only to bend to corporate interests. This is shows organization in a group and the means to get things done. What do you think the next steps are if these actions dont beget any changes?

Blackbeard ,
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This is for the deniers

“Climate change is a liberal hoax! They just want to tax us to death! Look at all the research they fabricated in Climategate!”

sees people spray orange paint on a rock

“Wait a second. I think I was looking at this all wrong!”

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    Sanctus ,
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    The Les Grossman act just made you lose any credibility you might have had. I see people being activists, even if the method is questionable. They are working, as we are all here reading about it. Then you come in with some snide ass comment and vitriol. I see no ignorance on my part. I hope you’re paper does double the work that my toddler is for the climate and wish you best of luck.

    Blackbeard ,
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    *your

    afraid_of_zombies ,

    This is for the deniers

    You made a claim.

    afraid_of_zombies ,

    Do you really think any deniers are now convinced?

    Over a century of data pouring in but this act will be what convinces them?

    GBU_28 ,

    It’s not “working”, people are not going to change their purchasing or lifestyle choices based on this.

    Prandom_returns ,

    It worked! You’re commenting on it! It worked! It means we should do some more of this…

    ummthatguy ,
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    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a1a00426-d209-452c-a7a5-7fbb13337b3f.jpeg

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    until they did.

    There’s an exact replica in Esperance, Australia.

    Why? Good question. Good question.

    Check out Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure, episode 1. It’s on Channel4.

    autotldr Bot ,

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage showing an orange powder covering some of the stones.

    Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths and spraying paint, as another person attempted to stop them, in footage released by Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.

    The prehistoric structure dates back to somewhere between 3100 BC and 1600 BC, according to archaeologists.

    Just Stop Oil has drawn criticism for targeting public treasures in the past, including the vandalism of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers with tomato soup in a publicity stunt at London’s National Gallery in 2022.

    Less than a year later, two protesters from the group disrupted play during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, running onto the court throwing confetti from a picture-puzzle box featuring an image of Wimbledon’s famed Center Court.

    On the eve of that tournament, celebrities including Richard Curtis and Emma Thompson had called on Wimbledon to end its partnership with Barclays Bank over the institution’s multibillion-dollar support for fossil fuel projects.

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