Posted on 04/11/2022 6:58:51 PM PDT by Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues
A left-wing environmental activist group proposed deflating the tires of sports utility vehicles as a radical act of protest against climate change.
Adbusters, an activist group that describes itself as a “collective of artists, designers, writers, musicians, poets, punks, philosophers and wild hearts has been smashing ads, fighting corruption and speaking truth to power,” and has been tied to the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011, called for activists to deflate SUV tires in a Twitter thread on Wednesday.
“So here’s what we do: Wedge gravel in the tire valves, leaflet the SUV to let them know the tires are flat and why it was done, and walk away,” the organization wrote. “It’s that simple. If we organize, we can hit enough SUVs in particular neighborhoods to spark reporting and spread the metameme. We do this neighbourhood-at-a-time to make the biggest splash. Organize a crew (off of any traceable apps) and make leaflets that lay out the case for climate action. The mission is not to win individual converts at this point, but to engender a systemic aversion to SUVs. Climate change is the biggest crisis we’ve faced as a species, and we are failing the test at every step. It is time for us to carefully escalate our methods in a non-violent manner and convey the seriousness of this crisis in tangible ways.”
“A flat tire is non-violent,” Adbusters continued. “There is no property damage. But it is a huge pain in the a**. We’ve seen this method succeed in Sweden, and have initial success in the UK with [Tyre Extinguishers] (articles warning off SUV purchases at risk of being targeted). Time to go global. Targeting SUVs is good way to hit the automotive industry where it hurts. SUV sales are playing a massive role in the expansion of the auto industry, both as a percentage of global market share and in total numbers. And that increase is setting the climate back massively.”
The group recommended targeting wealthy areas, to begin with, saying that its goal “isn’t to disrupt workers,” and to avoid targeting vehicles that have disabled stickers or handicap hangers.
Adbusters also posted a sample leaflet for activists to place on the windshields of vehicles they target.
“Your tires are flat,” the leaflet reads. “It isn’t personal. SUVs are disproportionately fueling the climate crisis. They’re the 2nd-largest contributor to increasing CO2 emissions since 2010. And they’re totally unnecessary. The climate crisis is spiraling out of control, making drastic action necessary. So we deflated your tires. Walk, bike, take public transit if you have to. But it’s time to end our reliance on these gas-guzzling behemoths.”
Critics on Twitter blasted the group, noting that the idea is ineffective, criminal, and possibly dangerous.
“[I’m] sure ruining someone’s day is a great way to make them agree with you,” one user wrote.
“Most people don’t carry a tire pump. They’re going to call a tow truck to either tow them because they don’t know the tire is still good or to reinflate the tire. The tow truck is way less efficient, burning fuel and unnecessary. They’re now p***** off and way less sympathetic,” wrote another.
“Malicious vandalism comes with occupational hazards,” a user tweeted.
“Three days in and Twitter is like yeah, encouraging property damage is totes fine,” another critic wrote.
“@TwitterSafety, pretty sure this is illegal,” said another.
I put mafia staff car “ you touchab my car I toucha your face “
Pure evil. They keep trying to divide us. Now they want us to cause misery to others? Insanity.
“The thing that eco-terrorists don’t understand is that there is a growing vigilante movement in this country.”
Are these “eco-terrorist’s” not organized and funded vigilante groups? What gives them license is that they are bored and spoiled little rich kiddies who commit vandalism and then climb back into daddies Audi to drive home. Then when they get caught and arrested they know for a fact they wont be prosecuted.
That is a good way to get the living hell kicked of you ,where i live.
deflate your bicycle tires first
Note that they intend to target wealthy neighborhoods.
Good. For a couple reasons.
First, they won’t find my 97 F150 in the target area.
Second, every victim will be unhappy. This evangelism will backfire. Every crippled SUV will produce a couple more Trump voters.
Your fingers are broken,” the leaflet reads. “It isn’t personal. You idiots are disproportionately fueling the hatred and divisions in our society
Our old Tahoe burns gas like crazy aired-down, plus idling for the 12v compressor to reinflate burns even more gas. Not a very well thought-out plan for the environment at least, as they say it is..
in 2008 Obozo said -”Making sure your tires are properly inflated – simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling – if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You’d actually save just as much!”
Tires? We’ll let the air out of their lungs.
Then we hang them from lamp posts, and reduce carbon even more.
Tire iron to the elbow.
Touch my property gets you hurt. Invade my property gets you dead.
There ABSOLUTELY IS property damage.
NEW tires are expensive.
I would bet that NON_PRODUCTIVE humans on welfare /living in Mama’s basement are creating more bad emmissions.
No violence. Burn your used oil on their sidewalk.
If you get ahead of a bumper sticker covered prius or other care with the usual libtard things, keep on hand a supply of metal washers. Pass them and let your presence rain on the windshields. Alternately, cut off their valve stems when you see their electric power vehicle.
Find out where the idiots that advocate this live and commit a little creative vandalism against them and their property.
It is long overdue for the left to be repaid in kind.
It's kinda like deer hunting.
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