I passed by the #climatestrike yesterday here in Naples. I really can't feel like I belong to this movement.
* I don't like slogans, and the ones I heard were pretty violent, including death threats to right wing people, and far left typical songs.
Anger was the feeling I perceived the most, which may biased because angry people shout the most.
* People knew a lot about climate and environment. That is, until you ask questions. There is no place for doubts in this climate action.
* The traffic was stopped by a human wall. I had to exchange insults and raise my bicycle to get past the fu**ing barricade.
* I do not know how to feel when kids, like 12 yo, engage in such political actions. I still feel like they are too young to really get what's happening.
I'd like to repost a picture that @freemo posted a long while ago
By the same token, the people who are polite, educated and don't block traffic are the people who are ignoring the preponderance of the evidence, acting solely in their own interests, and inflicting real harm on future generations. Even if you don't like the protesters - and you don't have to - they are nontheless not wrong.
Hi, why do you reckon polite, educated people are all ignoring the evidence or acting in they own interests? Do you need to shout for death of other people to be a "true" right-doer?
To be totally fair, protesters I talked to were also wrong on a number of things, from ecology to waste disposal. That is, when they actually said what they thought, instead of just shouting empty slogans. That again may also be due to the age, many were really young.
To be clear, I've seen you went to the climate strike in your place and I hope people there were nice and more mature.
I didn't want to insult or say that everybody is like that... it is just the overall experience I had here, in this town, with that people.
