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We really need to stop buying into the argument that #ClimateActivists are "radical" or "destructive". The opposite is true: the nature of the protests have been peaceful and, on the whole, pretty tame.
The idea that, say, sitting on a road is "radical", "extreme" and "criminal" came from a bunch of #FossilFuel aligned think tanks, parroted by the media.
Reject them.
The framing needs to be: Fossil fuel companies are radical, extreme, criminal.
#ALEC
https://newrepublic.com/article/175488/meet-shadowy-global-network-vilifying-climate-protesters
Meet the Shadowy Global Network of Right-Wing Think Tanks
For decades, the think tanks associated with the little-known Atlas Network have pushed to criminalize climate protest around the world.The New Republic
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil
Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demandDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
