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'Extinction Rebellion' protesters choose hilariously apt mode of protest on Australian beach
americanthinker.com ^
| 10/14/2019
| Thomas Lifson
Posted on 10/14/2019 9:22:34 AM PDT by rktman
Members of apocalyptic cults always are certain in the superiority of their wisdom over that of ordinary people who cannot grasp that the end is near! Their frustration over the failure of others to share their sense of doom often leads them to engage in acts that strike nonbelievers as comical. The lone fanatic walking the streets with a sign or sandwich board proclaiming "the end is near" has been a staple of mockery for generations.
But when you combine pseudo-science with the human impulse to believe that doom for all attends behavior that one objects to in the age of memes, sometimes the doomsters accidentally mock themselves. Such was the case a few days ago in Australia, when about 150 doomsday cultists titling themselves the "Extinction Rebellion" staged a demonstration at Sydney's Manly Beach. Believing themselves to be mocking those who refuse to accept their conviction that the computer models predicting escalating temperatures tied to a rise in the atmospheric trace gas CO2 are infallible, a group of protesters buried their heads in the sand.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: climageddon; climalarky
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Ex-steenkin' rebellion it looks like. Look, if they really cared, they would perform the ultimate act for the good of mankind. Go in your closed garage and crank up your Tesla or Leaf and .................. Oh. Well then go stick your head in the ove............. Oh, electric range. Well, you could figure a way if you REALLY care. Alas, guess not so much.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:22:34 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Would have been simpler to put their fingers in their ears and went “la, la, la, la, la!”
But seriously, how many died of suffocation?
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:29:38 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: rktman
[[”the end is near” has been a staple of mockery for generations.]]
Everything is relative- the end is near- just how near? We don’t know- but we DO know that the world has at least 1007 more years to go, 7 years of tribulation, and 1000 years of Christ reigning on earth- then God creates a new heaven and a new earth
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:31:08 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: rktman
“Well, you could figure a way if you REALLY care.”
They could always jump in front of a high-speed electric train.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:32:16 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: rktman
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:34:27 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: subterfuge
Pretty sure the ‘numb’er was NOT 150.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:37:04 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Red Badger
They should assume that pose on a beach near San Francisco ...
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:42:06 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
A nude beach!..............
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:42:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
To: rktman
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:44:53 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Red Badger
Good thing ‘mare’ pete wasn’t around. He would have wanted to get something straight with the ‘PRO-testors’.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:47:11 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
If they really believe that CO2 is causing a problem they should stop exhaling it.
If they all resolved to stop exhaling CO2 the problem would be solved.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:48:41 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: rktman
Once had a GF who could drink a bottle of beer standing on her head.
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:57:23 AM PDT
by
gasport
(The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
To: Lurkinanloomin
We are fighting a worldwide war against stupidity—and we are losing!
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posted on
10/14/2019 9:57:54 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
To: rktman
©Г@p. Suicide options are bleak for the lunatics. No gas fumes available. No guns available. They've mistakenly tried to SMOKE the hemp ropes. If they try to jump off the SF Bridge the floating CRAP will serve as a cushion to break the fall. Their only option seems to be pills. BIG PHARMA pills, who they refuse to support by buying their goods. It's a sad day to be a rebel without an exit clause.;
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posted on
10/14/2019 10:13:33 AM PDT
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'M AN ANTI DEMITE. forked tongue.)
To: rktman
Mass climate change suicide party? No...oh crap
To: Bob434
If you are a Christian you will live forever and the earth will continue at the very least for another millennium. For atheists and pagans death is right around the corner. Bye bye fools.
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posted on
10/14/2019 10:28:34 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(A deep and terrible ignorance is required to hate our president.)
To: subterfuge
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posted on
10/14/2019 11:29:42 AM PDT
by
bwest
To: rktman
I still like the guy who glued himself to the top of a jet and the woman who glued her breasts to a road.
I don’t think they really understand the word “extinction”.
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posted on
10/14/2019 12:30:09 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: VanShuyten
[[guy who glued himself to the top of a jet and the woman who glued her breasts to a road.]]
neither the plane now the road gave their consent-
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posted on
10/14/2019 12:35:47 PM PDT
by
Bob434
To: bwest
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posted on
10/14/2019 1:00:21 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
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