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Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves (www.cnn.com)

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

How dare they use their privilege to bring attention to the greatest threat to humanity....

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Would have been better if they just let a crisis that disproportionately affect poor people unfold /s

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