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Extinction Rebellion Blockade Google HQ

by willemmerson on 10/16/19, 12:31 PM with 66 comments

  • by adrianN on 10/16/19, 12:38 PM

    The continuing inaction of all governments leads to increasing radicalization in the climate movement. I wonder how long before the protests stop being peaceful.

  • by ramblerman on 10/16/19, 1:09 PM

    Do they have a manifesto, demands or plan somewhere?

    It’s a bit sad to see the youth so pessimistic. Growing up with Star Trek myself I always believed science would grow faster than human damage.

  • by 9nGQluzmnq3M on 10/16/19, 12:53 PM

    This appears to refer to one of Google's London offices, not the Googleplex in Silicon Valley.

  • by t0astbread on 10/16/19, 12:53 PM

    Have ER considered teaming with an organization dedicated to digital freedom (like the EFF) for cases like this? Because just coming into a new space, pressing your own demands and ignoring pre-existing efforts looks very unprofessional (IMO at least).

  • by cameronbrown on 10/16/19, 12:46 PM

    Yeah this isn't fun.

  • by michannne on 10/16/19, 12:53 PM

    I remember when the way to get people to "wake up" on creationism was to unite sub-groups and pump out loads of content that rationally went over all the scientific evidence against it and trusted people to make up their own minds, including all of the debates between atheists/anti-creationism and pro-creationism speakers.

    Despite there being very little hope in rattling an entrenched belief like that, many people began to think outside scope of their religion and creationism is not as widely accepted as it once was.

    I hope that in the future the new generation of rational believers on climate change can adopt a similar non-violent mindset instead of letting their passion get the best of them.

  • by throwawaysea on 10/16/19, 12:44 PM

    The protesters are rightly being arrested. Sorry but you don’t get to blockade people from getting to where they want to go (work in this case) just because you personally think your opinions/issues are a higher priority than others’ priorities. And climbing onto the roofs of private property is not a “peaceful protest”, it is vigilantism. Furthermore some of the demands outlined in the article (asking google to censor videos) are not reasonable.

  • by throwawaysea on 10/16/19, 1:15 PM

    Just a reminder that climate change is not an existential threat. A problem, yes. An existential threat, no. Greta Thunberg and these activists are hysterical and engaging in alarmism. But why take it from me? Here’s the Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, an expert on the topic, saying as much: https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2019/08/is-global-warming-exi...