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I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary (www.theguardian.com)

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I was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences for peaceful motorway. Six months into my incarceration, this is what I have learned

Not directly related to climate change, but Just Stop Oil has been in the news a lot.

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[+] Tgo_up@lemm.ee -39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I'm glad you were put in prison. Go protest in front of where politicians live or in front of the parlament. Don't inconvenience normal people.

Best case scenario, you achieved to piss of a bunch of random people. Worst case you killed someone who was having a heart attack and being rushed to the hospital.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Nonviolent protest should never be treated with prison.

[–] umean2me@discuss.online 4 points 8 hours ago

One of these will make the news and one wouldn't. If the goal of a protest is to spread awareness and draw attention, going to where politicians live will probably get you a restraining order and a cozy ride in the back of a police vehicle and the protest will likely go unnoticed.

Not saying these types of protests are not necessary or unhelpful! I'm just saying that, in order to draw the most attention to your cause, you inconvenience daily lives. Those are the things that make headlines and viral posts, not a secluded protest on private property.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Go protest in front of a politicians house yourself!

[–] Tgo_up@lemm.ee -5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I will if I feel like our politicians deserve it. I definitely won't hold people hostage to try and get them to sympathise with me..

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 2 points 5 hours ago

Nobody wants your sympathy, you selfish prick. Politicians will never change their minds, oligarchs will never change their minds. Begging selfish idiots on the internet to please consider changing their minds doesn't work either. Direct action, it's all anyone has left.