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It's a statement about how we are destroying our heritage, our history, and our future. It makes people think about a world without the famous works of art whi

It's a statement about how we are destroying our heritage, our history, and our future. It makes people think about a world without the famous works of art which tether us to our past, to highlight how far adrift we are now.

ncr100 4y ago
This makes sense. Is this point made by the activists, in your observation of these events? None of the Headline News articles mention that intention.
- svnt 4y ago
  They can’t control what is reported about them. Part of this is education of the readership. Seems like that at least worked once or twice, here.
falcolas 4y ago
"You're destroying our heritage!" proceeds to destroy heritage Idiotic hypocrites.
- jandrese 4y ago
  They didn't destroy any heritage. The paintings were behind glass. The whole thing was symbolic.
  - throwaway5959 4y ago
    At some point they’re going to escalate to hammers and knives.
    - delecti 4y ago
      Okay, then at some point we can get be more concerned about the protest than about the potentially cataclysmic thing they're protesting.
      - throwaway5959 4y ago
        There’s things they could do like not procreate and travel on planes if they wanted to have a bigger impact than what they did.
        delecti 4y ago
        Maybe this will turn out to be ineffective, but not staging public protest will definitely be ineffective.
  - falcolas 4y ago
    Fair point I missed. Thank you. The symbolism's still shit though.
- squeaky-clean 4y ago
  It's telling that some people find damaging a painting more heinous than damaging all of humanity. (Also no works of art were actually damaged. But I still think it's important to note how much this upsets you, but general ruining of the earth doesn't seem to)
  - algorias 4y ago
    The thing is that while most people agree climate change is real, it's not clear at all what the actual damage to humanity will be. IME said hypothetical damage is hugely overblown by activists, who talk as if the end of humanity was certain.
  - rnd0 4y ago
    That argument is insanely stupid and assumes that one isn't upset about this IN ADDITION TO already being upset about our impending ecological future. Sir or madam, it is quite possible to be upset about two things at the same time; thank you.
    - noobermin 4y ago
      Here's a midler analogy (sincerely) "I am mad the perp assaulted a woman, but the woman cried about it very loudly and that was annoying to me. I can be mad about two things at once." Being upset about a painting and putting it on the same scale of societal collapse is a great example of equivocation that cheapens the greater harm.
    - MildlySerious 4y ago
      The way I think of it is that if you are already concerned about the future due to climate change etc., then you are not the target audience for this sort of action. The whole point I take from it is that it is an attempt to raise awareness through "if you're upset about this, there's no excuse for you not to be upset about that" If you're already in the loop on climate change and what's ahead of us - yeah, all that's left for you in this act is to be upset about the act itself. I wish it wasn't necessary do stuff like this, but I am not at all certain anymore that it isn't. If warning government officials does nothing, and warning the public does nothing, and scientists urging for action does nothing, and presenting reports and articles does nothing, and hanging up banners and buying ads does nothing, and protesting in front of government buildings does nothing, and protesting in front of "big oil" HQs does nothing, and protesting in the streets does nothing, and children skipping schools to protest does nothing, and throughout all this, voting does nothing because there are still not enough people that care enough about these issues, and politicians still take steps to make things worse, what's left to do? What's the next step? I don't know anymore. I'm sure others feel the same way, which is why I'm not surprised desperate and hard to reason about acts like this end up happening.
- vkou 4y ago
  If you're outraged by the damage of a small part of our artistic heritage, while turning a proportionately blind eye to the wholesale destruction of our natural heritage... There's something that may be worth a moment of introspection, and a reconsideration of where you want to devote your energies. These events are a nothingburger, if you care enough to be outraged by them, you should probably be many, many orders of magnitude more outraged by what they are protesting.

ncr100 4y ago

This makes sense. Is this point made by the activists, in your observation of these events? None of the Headline News articles mention that intention.

svnt 4y ago
They can’t control what is reported about them. Part of this is education of the readership. Seems like that at least worked once or twice, here.

falcolas 4y ago

"You're destroying our heritage!" proceeds to destroy heritage Idiotic hypocrites.

jandrese 4y ago
They didn't destroy any heritage. The paintings were behind glass. The whole thing was symbolic.
- throwaway5959 4y ago
  At some point they’re going to escalate to hammers and knives.
  - delecti 4y ago
    Okay, then at some point we can get be more concerned about the protest than about the potentially cataclysmic thing they're protesting.
    - throwaway5959 4y ago
      There’s things they could do like not procreate and travel on planes if they wanted to have a bigger impact than what they did.
      - delecti 4y ago
        Maybe this will turn out to be ineffective, but not staging public protest will definitely be ineffective.
- falcolas 4y ago
  Fair point I missed. Thank you. The symbolism's still shit though.
squeaky-clean 4y ago
It's telling that some people find damaging a painting more heinous than damaging all of humanity. (Also no works of art were actually damaged. But I still think it's important to note how much this upsets you, but general ruining of the earth doesn't seem to)
- algorias 4y ago
  The thing is that while most people agree climate change is real, it's not clear at all what the actual damage to humanity will be. IME said hypothetical damage is hugely overblown by activists, who talk as if the end of humanity was certain.
- rnd0 4y ago
  That argument is insanely stupid and assumes that one isn't upset about this IN ADDITION TO already being upset about our impending ecological future. Sir or madam, it is quite possible to be upset about two things at the same time; thank you.
  - noobermin 4y ago
    Here's a midler analogy (sincerely) "I am mad the perp assaulted a woman, but the woman cried about it very loudly and that was annoying to me. I can be mad about two things at once." Being upset about a painting and putting it on the same scale of societal collapse is a great example of equivocation that cheapens the greater harm.
  - MildlySerious 4y ago
    The way I think of it is that if you are already concerned about the future due to climate change etc., then you are not the target audience for this sort of action. The whole point I take from it is that it is an attempt to raise awareness through "if you're upset about this, there's no excuse for you not to be upset about that" If you're already in the loop on climate change and what's ahead of us - yeah, all that's left for you in this act is to be upset about the act itself. I wish it wasn't necessary do stuff like this, but I am not at all certain anymore that it isn't. If warning government officials does nothing, and warning the public does nothing, and scientists urging for action does nothing, and presenting reports and articles does nothing, and hanging up banners and buying ads does nothing, and protesting in front of government buildings does nothing, and protesting in front of "big oil" HQs does nothing, and protesting in the streets does nothing, and children skipping schools to protest does nothing, and throughout all this, voting does nothing because there are still not enough people that care enough about these issues, and politicians still take steps to make things worse, what's left to do? What's the next step? I don't know anymore. I'm sure others feel the same way, which is why I'm not surprised desperate and hard to reason about acts like this end up happening.
vkou 4y ago
If you're outraged by the damage of a small part of our artistic heritage, while turning a proportionately blind eye to the wholesale destruction of our natural heritage... There's something that may be worth a moment of introspection, and a reconsideration of where you want to devote your energies. These events are a nothingburger, if you care enough to be outraged by them, you should probably be many, many orders of magnitude more outraged by what they are protesting.