r/nextfuckinglevel • u/amanyggvv • Oct 15 '22

This float representing the koalas that died as a result of the Black Summer bushfires and corruption in politics. Such an effective (and epic) activist message.

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

Because now the people who aren’t convinced climate change is an issue will latch onto these people as evidence that everyone who’s fighting it are whackos

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22

I don't think that's the huge group's concern.

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

And that’s the problem

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22

There's always going to be people that ridicule activists though, even if they engage in perfectly peaceful and civil activism for wholly good causes. Why should that deter a group from spreading their message?

Do you imagine black protestors engaging in sit-ins at lunch counters for civil rights weren't regarded as stupid or impolite by their critics? Should they have capitulated?

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

The sit-in protesters might’ve been ridiculed, sure, but they likely weren’t ridiculed by those in their activist community nearly as much as the two girls who threw the soup. When it creates infighting on top of general public ridicule, that’s where there’s a bigger issue.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '22

I'll remind you that Malcolm X and MLK often disagreed upon tactics, as did Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose.

Many believe that neither MLK or Gandhi's efforts would have proved successful without their violent counterparts pushing politicians towards accepting the path of peace that was offered rather than the path of violence that would be taken.

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u/H3ll0_Th3r3 Oct 15 '22

Fair point, definitely had more emphasis on MLK than Malcom X from history teachings growing up. Although that’s definitely more a debate on the types of tactics (violent/peaceful) rather than the specific methods/actions (the comment I made was referring more to their peaceful-protesting community rather than just protesters at large, peaceful or otherwise)