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🧵Tens of thousands of people have been out on the streets of London since Friday, calling for #ClimateAction.
@morss_alex has been monitoring media coverage.
If you get your news from TV, broadsheets or tabloids, chances are you won't have heard anything about #TheBigOne.
@morss_alex has been monitoring media coverage.
If you get your news from TV, broadsheets or tabloids, chances are you won't have heard anything about #TheBigOne.
But although you didn't hear about the tens of thousands of people protesting in London, chances are that you did hear about that one guy who jumped on a #snooker table in Sheffield.
None of this remotely surprising. It's yet another example of the #ActivistsDilemma in action.
None of this remotely surprising. It's yet another example of the #ActivistsDilemma in action.
When non-activists criticise groups like JSO for engaging in disruptive protest it's common for them to say they don't mind protest if it's done in a way that doesn't affect people going about their business. That's what activists have been doing this weekend. It doesn't work.
