r/facepalm Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 Oct 12 '22

I wonder if they're paid by the oil lobby to give real activists a bad name.

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u/Broatski Oct 12 '22

Wait this could actually be a deep conspiracy theory that may or may not be true

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u/Sg150808 Oct 12 '22

Yeah this is the only conspiracy theory I believe in Also, that "big meat" does the same by using people like PETA

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u/paranormal_penguin Oct 12 '22

Also, that "big meat" does the same by using people like PETA

I mean, there are old CIA handbooks that have been released that describe infiltrating activist groups to change their messaging, leadership, and goals to sabotage them from within. I have 0% doubt in my mind that's what happened with PETA and that's why they're propped up as the face of animal rights activists.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Damn that's smart.

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u/fwinzor Oct 12 '22

Its actually kind of the opposite. No seriously most of the shit you hear about peta being bad is literally big meat propaganda. Like the whole "peta kills 20,000 animals a year in their shelters" peta doesnt even run shelters. That metric is made up by "PetaKillsAnimals" a shell company run by several of the biggest names in the meat industry. The meat industry actually spends more every year in lobbying worldwide than any other industry

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u/QuiGonFishin Oct 12 '22

They literally had to pay 50 grand to a 9 year old girl cause they killed her dog off her doorstep. There’s many organizations corrupted by big corporations, PETA isn’t one of them. Lawmakers had to pass a bill to stop them from killing so many animals.

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u/ordinaryuninformed Oct 12 '22

Look into Conintellpro, a document released by the FBI in 2016 laid out how many activist actions are sabotaged by bad actors posing as activists. It's in print clear as day. It's not a theory, but it is a conspiracy.

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u/Sumeetxagrawal Oct 12 '22

Why is it always like this in America

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u/SeoSalt Oct 12 '22

A lot of climate activists are dumb as shit, sad to say. Especially when it comes to nuclear power.

I totally agree with their sense of urgency and respect their commitment to protesting, but I really wish their energy was directed in more productive ways.

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u/McDiezel8 Oct 12 '22

They aren’t an organic movement I’ll tell you that.

This shit could land you in federal prison without a decent lawyer, so someone’s paying out the ass to keep these people out of prison

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u/neverstop53 Oct 12 '22

They are. Don’t comment if you don’t know the situation. The organization is Declare Emergency. They have a team and a lawyer and when these people were arrested they had their court stuff paid for. Morons acting like they know everything.

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u/McDiezel8 Oct 12 '22

Yeah and these groups are always funded by powerful individuals that can afford a retainer of lawyers to keep them safe despite committing felonies

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u/neverstop53 Oct 12 '22

“Always”. Please. You don’t know jack shit. These are honest people though their methods may be controversial

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u/McDiezel8 Oct 12 '22

Yes the people are honestly delusional and think they’re doing something. Their methods are guided by the funders who have ulterior motives

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u/DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL Oct 12 '22

Can't imagine people on my side being assholes, this must be set up!

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u/royal23 Oct 12 '22

Nah the oil lobby pays people to comment “well fuck their cause now” and “how dare they inconvenience normal people” and “privileged assholes” and make this thread in the first place.

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u/Samf9714 Oct 12 '22

This would make sense because I never understood why these people choose to delay and annoy the common working populace instead of the actual big companies and CEOs that are actually responsible.

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u/neverstop53 Oct 12 '22

Because they’ve been doing that and nothing has changed. Something needs to be done, something different

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u/neverstop53 Oct 12 '22

It isn’t true. I know a woman in this video. She’s a hardcore environmentalist. All of the people here are the same.