mostly they did not and most people where sympathetic to the farmers and it was still civil disobedience and well organized something environmental activists can learn from.
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yes saying that from behind your computer now is very easy. when you live in privileged times.
its a good way to gain attention for the wrong reason. like who to avoid.
you know the whole civility is bad thing. serious work by serious groups. loud protest only have impact if the people or groups doing them are taken seriously if not and people only see them as annoyances. your loud protests are meaningless because the whole point is that people listen to you. and if this happens your movement is dead.
ah ok yes the intention can get lost in only text.
doing more extreme protests only work if you are a respected group like lets say farmers even they don't use violence. if you do more extreme protests when you are not respected at all and have not built up that respect doing extreme protests will only undermine you. and definitely if you look like a spoiled brat having a tether tantrum and then take the whole not having respect to begin with thing that is what kills a movement. that is why i very dislike groups like stop oil they undermine there own cause. and make it worse for everybody wanting to do more serious work.
you said that people who ignore the climate or create climate change should be seen as the crazy people.
that is exactly what democracy is talking to people that despise you and that you despise. because the next step is just violence and killing some people.
not talk about Greta Thunberg anymore and act like that never happened. why would you ask me maybe ask some groups who are actually serious about what they do. yes maybe do that.