Today we are saying that the climate crisis is a racist crisis. On the one hand Britain is the biggest contributor per capita to global temperature change. It is also one of the least vulnerable to the effects of climate change. On the other hand, seven of the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change are in sub-Saharan Africa.
It comes to something when an article is so bad, that the author is trying to justify something so reprehensible that even their natural supporters are scathing in their condemnation. And, below the line of this dire piece of bullshit, they are 100% dismissive. It does look as if the race mongering is beginning to reach its natural peak. Have we, finally, seen the point where this awful phenomenon is buried alive?
What we saw was the usual professional SJW cretins and agitators latching onto the cause du jour and using it to create disruption. Sure they will be prosecuted for aggravated trespass, but this doesn’t allay the problems they caused. The police tried to negotiate with them. No, they should have hauled them off the runway, chained or not and carted them off to the nick. Then, tried to negotiate with them.
What now needs to happen is for those affected to seek redress through civil action. Yes, I know, likely as not these people have little in the way of liquid assets, but that doesn’t matter – the process is the punishment. Bankrupting the bastards might concentrate their tiny minds.
Either way, we are too forgiving of this kind of behaviour. Harsh criminal sanctions and civil clams for damages might put off future activists from doing the same. This kind of behaviour is not even close to legitimate protest. It is wanton vandalism and we should treat it as such.
Update: Within hours of going live and 100% condemnation below the line, comments have now been closed. Telling, that…
Alexandra Wanjku Kelbert is an IDS Alum, who holds an MA in Development Studies. She is an independent researcher currently working on the ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’ Project, a collaborative project between the Institute of Development Studies and Oxfam. Alexandra also previously worked on the ‘A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Public Policies Related to Care: A Thematic Review’.
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The author could be another Alexandra Wanjku Kelbert of course.
“On the other hand, seven of the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change are in sub-Saharan Africa.”
A region that includes, let’s see… ah yes: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Somalia…
Nope, can’t think of any reason why any of these countries might think they have more immediate problems to worry about.
Also, I could have sworn the UK gave up on its empire-building some sixty-odd years ago. Was that a typo in my history textbook? If not, how is the incompetence of a sovereign nation’s government *our* fault? Zimbabweans have only themselves to blame for Robert Mugabe.
That’s the problem with Black Lives Matter UK, they’re so ‘horrendously white’.
/snark
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
The thing that bugs me about these people is that they are basically just inventing imaginary problems to protest about. Desertification is something that the climate charlatans predicted, along with increased hurricane activity. In both cases the exact opposite happened but these fools failed to get the memo. There are plenty of real issues to protest about, free speech, erosion of civil liberties, excessive taxation, lack of accountability when it comes to spending our money, colossal amounts of government debt that we will be paying interest on for generations. Maybe I’m to blame for being too busy living my life to get involved with such things.
Of course no celebration of the greening of the Sahel due to the increase in CO2 which helps plants survive drought conditions! The Sahel covers an area the size of Western Europe. All those poor farmers now have more fodder for their livestock and tougher crops thanks to industrialization elsewhere.