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I have conflicted feelings on this one. While I support the cause obviously, we seriously need to be more serious about climate change. I think they are taking
by nerdjon 4y ago
I have conflicted feelings on this one. While I support the cause obviously, we seriously need to be more serious about climate change.
I think they are taking the "any publicity is good publicity" in the wrong way. There are a lot of people very passionate about art (or at the very least find these pieces very beautiful and want to preserve history).
I worry that things like this could do more harm than good. Especially given this is now the third? Most of the reporting I have seen on it focuses on the art itself and is it ok. But very little on the actual cause.
If they make enough people mad about the art I worry it could undermine any progress on getting people to care about the climate and instead will just react with something like "well look at what these immature children are doing so the cause must not have any merit". We already have enough deniers out there, I worry that this is sending the wrong message.
- kingTug 4y agoA guy literally self immolated on the steps of the Supreme Court in the name of climate change and it was barely covered. Anyone who is getting riled up over these glue stunts has lost the plot. Don't look up!
- cwkoss 4y agoWhen did that happen?
- kingTug 4y agoAbout 6 months ago. It barely got one day of coverage from the media. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/climate-activist-self-immolation-supreme-court.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/climate-activ...
- drak0n1c 4y agoAs it should be. The media should not reward such delusional and dangerous self-harm. Coverage of such selfish perpetrators leads to copycats.
- cwkoss 4y ago"Those self-immolators are so selfish" is a heck of a take.
- drak0n1c 4y agoSuicide when done for notoriety or self-righteous fundamentalism can be very selfish. He traumatized those who witnessed and cleaned up after him, put his pain on those who now grieve him, and stochastically inspired other mentally vulnerable individuals to act out. All because he had an unshakeable belief in his pessimistic worst-case-scenario viewpoint being the absolute truth of how the world is and will be. Is that not irresponsibly self-centered?