le_pouffre_bleu@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoJust Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march [UK]www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down110
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minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoThat is how civil disobedience works. Nelson Mandela was in prison for years.
minus-squareWarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoSo what’s your complaint? They did what you said they should do.
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoHe also did some fucked up violent shit to get his point across. Look up necklacing.
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoMy understanding was that he did some kind of tacit endorsement of necklacing. Can’t recall if he was popularising songs that described it or something. However pretty sure he was not personally involved.
That is how civil disobedience works. Nelson Mandela was in prison for years.
So what’s your complaint? They did what you said they should do.
He also did some fucked up violent shit to get his point across. Look up necklacing.
My understanding was that he did some kind of tacit endorsement of necklacing. Can’t recall if he was popularising songs that described it or something. However pretty sure he was not personally involved.