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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 01:09:07 JST Aral Balkan

   “Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged for a second time on Friday for not leaving a protest near an oil terminal after police ordered her to do so… If convicted again … she could face up to six months in prison.”

   If Greta is thrown in prison while oil executives continue to walk free, I sure hope people start burning things down. I mean, burn it all down for all I care at this point. We’re being led by absolute fucking muppets.

   https://www.commondreams.org/news/greta-thunberg-could-face-jail

   #greta #climateCrisis

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 04:27:23 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • seyifulfilled

     @seyifulfilled Go (and I cannot stress this enough) fuck yourself.

   • seyifulfilled (seyifulfilled@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 04:27:24 JST seyifulfilled

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     @aral This girl is still at this thing? Can't these kids find a normal job like we all have since the beginning of civilization and contribute something definite and enduring to humanity?

     Instead of just jumping all over the place with money from others who work, just to shout about things that we all already know and mostly things that really do not matter?

     Make a real difference. Work in a restaurant or teach in a school or something.

     Protesting isn't a career.

     Please.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 05:37:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • thepoliticalcat

     @thepoliticalcat It’s a figure of speech; as in to destroy the system. No one’s taking about actually setting fire to buildings.

   • thepoliticalcat (thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 05:37:30 JST thepoliticalcat

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     @aral Stop it. This "burn it all down" mentality can only harm the helpless. You able-bodied young folks with money can escape the consequences. We poor, elderly, or disabled folks cannot. If you set fire to my neighborhood I will die in my house because I can't rush out the door as I did in my youth. Or is it just "fuck the poor, elderly and disabled," and if that's the case, how are you different from fascists?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 05:38:25 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • thepoliticalcat

     @thepoliticalcat If you want to know my own approach to things it’s this: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/111063671561684544

   • thepoliticalcat (thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 14:51:11 JST thepoliticalcat

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     @aral That's what everybody said when the kids in Seattle decided to shoot some Black kids and set fire to Black owned business. You SAY there's nothing to worry about, but we see what you DO.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 14:51:11 JST Aral Balkan

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     • thepoliticalcat

     @thepoliticalcat OK, so you are clearly determined to paint me as something I am not. That’s fine. I’m not the enemy here but if it makes you feel better to have someone to vent your anger to because you can’t to the people who are really responsible, go ahead. It doesn’t mean I have to stand here and listen to it. Goodbye.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 14:52:41 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Carl-Henrik Barnekow
     • Sijmen Mulder

     @stadsplanering @sjmulder And what’s the consequence of ignoring the climate crisis?

   • Carl-Henrik Barnekow (stadsplanering@mastodon.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 14:52:42 JST Carl-Henrik Barnekow

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     • Sijmen Mulder

     @sjmulder @aral No it is not. To be sentenced to jail for something like that requires that your actions might have resulted in severe consequences.

     She did not follow the orders by the police. If you do not they can arrest you and you will most likely be convicted of the misdemeanor and have to pay a fine.

     She did her task by getting attention and could have avoided it by just walking away a few meters. She decided not to. Her choice. Her consequence.

   • Sijmen Mulder (sjmulder@mastodon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 14:52:44 JST Sijmen Mulder

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     @aral in the Netherlands this is a misdemeanour and it’s rare for people to be charged or convicted. Is it that different there?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 15:38:56 JST Aral Balkan

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     • climate voter/eco leftist

     @tmstreet Figuratively speaking :)

   • climate voter/eco leftist (tmstreet@urbanists.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 15:38:57 JST climate voter/eco leftist

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     @aral I might burn it all down but I don't like the carbon impact.