This was the one soup-throwing which did any damage at all; in this case to the frame.
The penalty is appreciably worse than for minor violent attacks.
This was the one soup-throwing which did any damage at all; in this case to the frame.
The penalty is appreciably worse than for minor violent attacks.
Is there any data in here to suggest what the actual effect is on level of support, rather than people self-reporting their change in level of support?
Because here’s one reading of the data, which I think is entirely reasonable:
The people who report “no effect” on their support, which at 40% is the largest single group, already support efforts to address climate change, and this makes no difference to them.
The people who report a decrease, great or otherwise, of their support, are just conservatives who know that the talking point is “this action decreases support” and so they’re answering in a way that supports that narrative. In reality, these people were already opposed to any meaningful action in the first place, and this didn’t change their actual level of support.
Without further analysis, this survey doesn’t say much. Even the questions dishonestly imply that actual damage is being done to art, when that generally isn’t the case.
Again, that survey comes up against a tide of jury nullifications, which would indicate a very strong material support for these activists and the cause they represent. The courts are trying to penalise people for mentioning climate change in their defense, which has got to blow back in their faces eventually. In fact these court cases may be an important part of swinging public sentiment against the government and towards radical action to change things.