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Extinction Rebellion..East London commuters drag them off roof of Tube train and rough them up [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 17, 2019 | Joel Adams

Posted on 10/17/2019 6:30:46 AM PDT by C19fan

Furious Londoners turned on Extinction Rebellion today with crowds of commuters dragging protesters down from the roofs of Tube carriages to rough them up on the station platform, while online the group was slammed for comparing its actions to those of civil rights legend Rosa Parks.

As their eco-protest enters its 11th day XR activists launched a co-ordinated strike on three London Underground stations, clambering on top of carriages and glueing themselves to doors despite Monday's city-wide ban issued by the Met Police.

But their efforts to disrupt public transport were met with a furious backlash from commuters, industry groups and politicians leading one XR spokesman to admit the move had been a 'huge own goal'.

A hastily-deleted tweet comparing themselves to icon of the nonviolent black civil rights movement, Rosa Parks, was also met with opprobrium from social media users.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: green; uk
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So mass transit is also verboten? One is only allowed to walk or be carried in a litter to get around? I am glad to see some people in the UK still have the cajones to give these losers the treatment they deserve.
1 posted on 10/17/2019 6:30:46 AM PDT by C19fan
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Hopefully they dragged the ones that were glued.


2 posted on 10/17/2019 6:32:07 AM PDT by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: C19fan

Maybe UK isn’t a lost cause, after all...................


3 posted on 10/17/2019 6:33:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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Back when England was still England the commuters would have torn them limb by limb.


4 posted on 10/17/2019 6:37:42 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: C19fan

What the flip is “Extinction Rebellion”?


5 posted on 10/17/2019 6:39:13 AM PDT by Stosh
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Hopefully they dragged the ones that were glued.

This would take care of the ones that glued themselves to the train doors.


6 posted on 10/17/2019 6:39:45 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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just keep the trains running. The issue will clear itself up in a few days.


7 posted on 10/17/2019 6:42:33 AM PDT by Spruce
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Stealing peoples time deserves to be punished, harshly.


8 posted on 10/17/2019 6:42:51 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (People have a sex, not a gender. Things have a gender. Take back the language.)
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To: COBOL2Java

That is a beautiful katana.

Personally, I would not want to take the chance of marring my blade on the metal of the subway. That would be a shame.

What I might do instead is simply drive the train rapidly forward into the narrow tunnel.


9 posted on 10/17/2019 6:42:52 AM PDT by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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If they superglued themselves to the train, then I'm pretty sure there were some "torn limbs"....................😆
10 posted on 10/17/2019 6:42:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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Extinction Rebellion = protesters demanding immediate action on “Climate Change”.


11 posted on 10/17/2019 6:45:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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Climate Change idiots............😝😏
12 posted on 10/17/2019 6:47:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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'I saw two men standing on the train. They pulled out a banner. They said something along the lines of 'We're all going to die'............... Well, they were nearly correct!..............😝
13 posted on 10/17/2019 6:48:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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If you pull them off thectrain, you’ll have to pull them off repeatedly. However, if throw them under the train, you only have to do that once.


14 posted on 10/17/2019 6:50:46 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: Spruce

A bit messy, though..........


15 posted on 10/17/2019 6:50:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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One throws a cup of coffee over the protester and a group then give another comuter a boost so he can reach the protester's ankle and drag him off the carriage to the platform. Once he hits the ground, the video shows, an angry group of commuters surround him and some were caught on camera seemingly kicking and attacking the man, before a London Underground employee steps in.
16 posted on 10/17/2019 6:52:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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Here catch this Hippy ,LOL


17 posted on 10/17/2019 6:53:02 AM PDT by butlerweave
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It is time the police left policing to the public. There are far more good guys than bad.


18 posted on 10/17/2019 6:53:14 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: Red Badger

Nothing a strong hose and a shovel can’t handle. Besides, it will only take one or two “messes” before the dinks realize it’s not a good protest method.


19 posted on 10/17/2019 6:56:13 AM PDT by Spruce
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He got the soy kicked out of him

I’d have like to kick pony tail guy simply because of those Skinny Jeans


20 posted on 10/17/2019 7:02:27 AM PDT by digger48
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