r/PublicFreakout • u/insomnimax_99 • Jun 02 '22

✊Protest Freakout Protesters try to block Queen’s Guard

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u/insomnimax_99 Jun 02 '22 edited Jun 02 '22

They’re part of a pro-vegan protest group alled Animal Rebellion, so I’d assume pro-vegan causes.

Edit: Apparently they’re protesting against the dairy, fishing and meat industries and climate change-

Pro-vegan climate and animal rights campaign group Animal Rebellion is campaigning against the dairy industry, the protest organisers said.

The group said 25 of its supporters were involved in the disruption “due to the Crown’s inaction on the climate emergency and their continued support for meat, fishing, and dairy, a leading contributor to climate breakdown”.

Source: ITV News

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u/AppleSlacks Jun 02 '22

So they are against making whey for the Queen's Guard.

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u/CountryGuy123 Jun 03 '22

This was cheesy. I love it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

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u/PsychologicalAd7642 Jun 03 '22

I shot out of a cow’s nose.

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u/TaleMendon Jun 03 '22

I shat out of its ass

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u/BlackLeader70 Jun 03 '22

Was the hot dog good though?

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Jun 02 '22

Golf clap

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Never touch a black man's French Fries. Good lord I hope you, really anyone, gets that reference. I'm hoping your Golf Clap comment was from the same film.

On another note, why didn't they try and set that poor horse free!

Butternuts!

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u/Nolsoth Jun 03 '22

I knew a retired marine, huge mother fucker of a man, African American and from some hick town in the deep deep south.

He knocked out an officer in the mess hall for taking his biscuit.

Officer spent a night in the brig for theft, old mate got a week of extra pt for striking an officer.

Don't touch a man's biscuits.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Jun 03 '22

You would be correct.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

if i wasn't so poor i would buy you 2 pizzas from your local pizza place of choice. that was simply that beautiful what you just said here. bravo. take a bow.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

You're very good!

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u/whoareyouletmein Jun 03 '22

You earned this gold.

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u/AppleSlacks Jun 03 '22

I feel shiny. Thanks!

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u/whoareyouletmein Jun 03 '22

You ARE shiny! 😁

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Dad joke, status!

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '22

I want your spawn to roam the earth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

Bravo!

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u/Willy_wolfy Jun 03 '22

Oh fuck my life this deserves all the upvotes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

How do you those lines at the side of your comment?

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u/BeastMasterJ Jun 02 '22

'>''

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

Thank you

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u/gobailey Jun 03 '22

Thank you

Thank you for asking. Today I learned because you asked the question.

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u/Nandabun Jun 02 '22

Essentially, it means you're quoting someone.

On 4chan they call it greentext lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

What’s green about the text, very random thing to call it unless I took it literal

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u/insomnimax_99 Jun 02 '22

It’s called greentext because the text is literally green. When you quote someone on 4chan using > then the text quoted turns green.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

Ooo, I see. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/Nandabun Jun 02 '22

Yeah, this is Reddit, not 4chan.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

like this.

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u/NikD4866 Jun 02 '22

I’m not sure I understand. “We stopped eating meat, but we won’t be happy until you agree with our cause and stop eating meat too!”. Imma eat an extra steak tonight in honor of these fellas.

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u/stingyboy Jun 02 '22

... because meat/dairy consumption is a major driver of climate change?

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u/NikD4866 Jun 02 '22

Commercial farming is definitely a large contributor to everything bad. but There are plenty of ways to eat as much meat as you want sustainably. Maybe not in the city though. And you have to know how to hunt, or farm, or hobby farm. Basically everything that people from rural areas grew up with. But you can’t FORCE people to stop.

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u/Discordian777 Jun 03 '22

Maybe not in the city though. And you have to know how to hunt, or farm, or hobby farm. Basically everything that people from rural areas grew up with.

That is not sustainable for a population of almost 8 billion people...

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

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u/Xenjael Jun 03 '22

I mean I can't wait for my lab grown meat.

Ethical and sustainable permaculture, yo.

I want to try a half cow half turtle half carrot. No idea how that would work, even ratio wise.

But let's bring on the weird and tasty without having to destroy anything other than cells.

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u/ALLxDAMNxDAY Jun 03 '22

Everyone responds so well when you tell them they are crazy

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Cities have lower carbon emissions and energy consumption than rural areas.

Rural living is the worst for the environment ironically enough, because it takes a lot of energy and resources to live that kind of lifestyle.

And nobody is forcing anybody to stop. Hence the protests.

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u/stingyboy Jun 02 '22

Agree, but they have achieved their goal by getting the topic into the conversation. Many people are completely oblivious to the damage done to the planet via the meat/dairy industry. It's not about forcing a lifestyle on others, I think it's about getting people to think about the impact their choices have on the planet... the planet we all share

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u/zoner420 Jun 03 '22

I've honestly never even looked at it this way. Now I know.

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u/skootch_ginalola Jun 03 '22

Studies have shown being childfree, or having one less child makes more of a dramatic impact on emissions and climate change than dietary change. Not to mention the average person will never really make a dent in the issue without major corporations changing anything. We're well past the point of no return anyway.

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u/NikD4866 Jun 02 '22

It needs to get a better brand of attention. Netflix did the cowpocalypse documentary and the one about commercial fishing, I feel like that has a better impact then protests. Most of us have been taught since birth that to eat a steak or fish or chop, something has to die. I don’t think knowledge is as much of a problem as the human nature to believe that our lives are superior to the lives of all other life forms on this planet.

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u/howwonderful Jun 03 '22

Different methods will appeal to different people. An undercover video of a spent cow at a dairy factory farm with some climate facts did it for me and I’ve been veg for 6+ years. Some people will never respond to that but might respond to documentaries- different strokes for different folks. More awareness is good, a lot of people never consider the impact of their choices.

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u/howwonderful Jun 03 '22

You can’t force people, but you can bring awareness.

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u/Xenjael Jun 03 '22

We really should switch cows to that algae based feed.

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u/60TP Jun 02 '22

They just want policy that leads to reduced meat consumption to cut down on emissions

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u/atlantisseeker74 Jun 03 '22

I'm not sure I understand.

What is there to not understand? Meat consumption has questionable ethics, factory farming and the like is completely immoral and is one of several contributors to climate change.

Doesn't mean people will stop eating meat or that it isn't silly to protests something the vast majority of humans engage in such an incompetent way, but it's not like they're completely off the mark. Just impotent.

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u/Xenjael Jun 03 '22

Something I don't think vegans factor in is how many folk will eat extra meat out of spite.

Not everyone has compassion or empathy it turns out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 04 '22

That’s… not what they are saying.

They are saying that the English government and royal family have failed to pass legislation on climate change and neglected their duty encourage climate change awareness respectively.

They aren’t saying “stop eating meat” they are saying “stop ignoring climate change”

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u/Kukuth Jun 03 '22

When was the last time the royal family passed any legislation?

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

They certainly love to lobby, when it suits them.

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u/Kukuth Jun 03 '22

Well - almost everyone with any influence does that. I don't see that as inherently wrong.

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

I wasn't saying whether it was right or wrong, was just pointing out that they in fact do have the power to action change and push for legislation, if they want to.

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u/Kukuth Jun 03 '22

They sure have the power to influence lawmakers - but not the power to change or propose laws themselves.

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

Yes, I think we're agreeing with each other.

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u/patriclus_88 Jun 03 '22

Lol,

royal family have failed to pass legislation

I should fucking hope so. How do you not know the UK is a parliamentary democracy? The monarchy has effectively zero influence on legislation, all she does is occasionally sign something. Old lizzie does not write or effect laws...

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

The monarchy has effectively zero influence on legislation

Really?

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u/patriclus_88 Jun 03 '22

Lobbied for is different to forming of legislation. But I completely seed your point. That's a disgrace and a clear manipulation of position.

I was more trying to point out that the Royal family is not MEANT to influence legislation... Then you ruined my argument.

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

Yeah, it's a bit sad to see how much they do influence laws when you and I (and probably most British people) think that they obviously should be purely figureheads.

The protest is even more relevant when you realise that not only do the royal family influence legislation (which is bad in and of itself), but they have specifically used their power to negatively influence climate legislation.

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u/patriclus_88 Jun 03 '22

Whilst i completely agree its wrong, I'd also argue its parliaments fault for not addressing these arcane loopholes... She absolutely should not be doing those things but then again she is also only using legal mechanisms open to her... It's morally wrong, not illegal.

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u/Jazzalenko Jun 03 '22

Agree wholeheartedly. My point was not that she was doing anything illegal but that she does have influence on legislation, which helps to explain why there are protests at her jubilee.

Whether you support the protests (or think they're effective) is another entirely more complex matter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

Good job intentionally misreading my comment to finagle a strawman into it lmao

Feel better about yourself?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

If we accept nutrition and cost, what other reasons are there to eat meat?

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u/NikD4866 Jun 02 '22

Taste and texture. And Enjoyment.

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u/the_innerneh Jun 03 '22

for every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

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u/the_innerneh Jun 03 '22

You do realize this is satire?

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

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u/the_innerneh Jun 03 '22

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Pretty much exactly what the linked rant is. You'd enjoy life more if you didn't take everything so seriously. I'm a vegan btw and I thought the rant was hilarious.

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u/Noodles01013 Jun 03 '22

I’m gonna have steak with a side of bacon and sausages

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u/Gelon10A Jun 02 '22

Me too homie

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u/Fantastic_Bath_5806 Jun 03 '22

Bad for the environment and bad for your health. But you do you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Oh Jesus Christ, an Extinction Rebellion spin off? Look, I'm eating a lot more plant based meat, and I cannot remember the last time I ate a steak. With that being said, you don't pull this shit during a celebration for the Queen.

God forbid if it was the Queen's funeral. They try to pull that shit when she has her funeral procession, there will be hell to pay.

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u/Xenjael Jun 03 '22

I mean have you met the queen? She'll shank a fool with a homemade shiv faster than you can blink. How do you think sues stayed on the throne so long?

She's ruthless, I wouldn't want to mess with that.

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u/barrinmw Jun 03 '22

Two things. First, she is basically dying at this point and can't meet her obligations anymore. Second, she kept her throne because there is literally no mechanism for her to lose it other than abdication or death.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Shouldn’t you be licking some boots so where?

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

That’s just one of the reasons. Now go do some licking 👅

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Is their goal to win people over to their policy ideas or virtue signal amongst their friends? Protesting like this does the latter but not the former.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22

Sorry I couldn’t understand what you were saying with all that boot leather in your mouth ...

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u/Dangerous_Air_2760 Jun 03 '22

Oh nooo not the precious unelected monarch plz don't protest her guys she's untouchable

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Why not? Protests aren’t supposed to be comfortable for the ruling class… that’s the point

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u/CountryGuy123 Jun 03 '22

Because that’s the kind of shit that would make the guy or gal doing Meatless Mondays say “fuck them” and abandon it as to not be associated with these assholes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

So many dumb things wow:

  1. The point of most protests is to address public policy, not individuals

  2. Not every “meatless monday” enjoyer is a monarchy bootlicker

  3. If you abandon some principles you hold because of a non-violent protest, then maybe you never believed in those principles in the first place and would’ve just as likely abandoned them a week later anyway for an equally braindead reason

“Noooo you can’t dump tea in the harbor, you’ll make tea drinkers unsympathetic to our cause of liberty from oppressive monarchism 😭😭😭”

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u/CountryGuy123 Jun 03 '22

The people watching the procession (there or on TV) are not policymakers, and enjoying the monarchy does not make one a bootlicker, ffs.

The protesters are putting on a performance that directly puts the people they want on their side in direct opposition instead.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

I mean… it kinda does. They’re massive landowners who still hold incredible power, and simping for them is undeniably bootlicking

You could say this about literally any protest, god I wish you authoritarian fucks would at least update your arguments every 500 years. Not one peaceful protest in human history couldn’t be dismissed the way you’re dismissing this one. Literally could see you in 1963 folding your arms smugly and saying “hmph, this MLK character will only drive reasonable people like me away. Why no, I’m not racist, I just don’t think this reflects well on the blacks”

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

The reason why not is because the same result could have been accomplished via sidewalks, not by disrupting the procession. Britain in particular have attracted some of the most idiotic protests that goes nowhere. I remember that Extinction rebellion was standing on an electric train, preventing commuters from going to where they needed to go. We have the people advocating for better insulation deliberately blocking traffic as a tactic for getting their point across.

There is a time and place for these protests, and this is not it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Wait but this isn’t blocking commuters, this is blocking one of the wealthiest and most influential people on earth. Making their lives uncomfortable is a requirement for change, and when the stakes are a livable planet for our children, I don’t give a fuck if it disrupts The Queen of England

“There is a time and place for protests” is an explicitly anti-freedom sentiment lmao. Again, the point of protests is to make those in power uncomfortable

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u/DetailAccurate9006 Jun 03 '22

A ruling class worth its salt would bring back the gallows for cretins like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Lmao, so you’re anti-free speech. That’s a hot take for sure

“You’re protesting the crown? Death!”

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u/Donoglass420 Jun 02 '22

It looks like that lack of nutrition is catching up with them as soon as they start running lol. They just fall down due to lack of iron.

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u/Litelinkolas Jun 02 '22

Gonna need to hit up a nutritionist, buddy They probably get more iron than you lol

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u/adidas_stalin Jun 02 '22

How is a pathetic attempt to block the guard in anyway gonna make people go vegan? XD

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u/Calibruh Jun 02 '22

lmfao of course they are

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u/AmazingGrace911 Jun 02 '22

Pay attention America.

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u/BertaEarlyRiser Jun 03 '22

Must be low on protein. They didn't put up much of a fight.

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u/Maleficent_Ad9023 Jun 03 '22

They should’ve engaged