The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed.

Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage showing an orange powder covering some of the stones.

Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths, spraying paint, as another person attempted to stop them, in footage released by Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.

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    8 months ago

    Hard disagree. Everyone in the UK HATES these people. To the point at which the government has been able to pass new laws limiting right to protest.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah it can cause disruption, I agree. However it should preferably cause disruption for the people you have a problem with. Or simply by using public space which is equally theirs.

        Making headlines by defacing historical monuments and art isn’t really getting the public on their side. I’m left wing, most of the people I engage with are, and I’ve yet to meet someone in real life who thinks what Just stop oil are doing is helpful

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            8 months ago

            If the high rollers didn’t feel inconveniences then their protest wasn’t very effective! If they can effectively inconvenience the public to the extent that the government can pass new authoritarian anti-protest laws, but they failed to actually inconvenience the high rollers then what the hell are they doing and isn’t this opinion that they’re not really benefiting the movement actually quite an accurate one?

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      8 months ago

      The UK also has a weird hatred of trans people, I’d rather not get my opinions from there. Also the UK has been passing police state shit long before this.

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        8 months ago

        Only if you believe what the conservatives want you to believe, and only if you sign up for their culture war narrative

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            8 months ago

            The fact that you can’t even spell Labour correctly says enough about the quality of your research on their policies

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              8 months ago

              The UK has become completely irrelevant on the global stage be grateful I capitalised the names. Like your economy is being out paced by fucking Poland, shame is the proper response there, not national pride.

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                  8 months ago

                  Nice try, here in Estonia we hate Russians as much as the French hate anyone not French.

                  Like if you wanna defend your failing country that has a two party system worse than the US go for it but at least try facts instead of national pride, it doesn’t work if your country is being out paced by eastern Europe.