Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. This came amid protests by French farmers against several issues, including low wages.
In a video posted on social media, two women with the words “FOOD RIPOSTE” written on their t-shirts could be seen passing under a security barrier to get closer to the painting and throwing soup at the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece.
“What’s the most important thing?” they shouted. “Art, or right to a healthy and sustainable food?”
“Our farming system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work,” they added.
I think most of the point here is to get it reported on and the Just Stop Oil protests have shown that it works. If they were just stood in the street with placards nobody would know about them beyond the people who walked past them
But is getting their grievances reported enough? Don’t they need the people on their side?
I mean I’m not even against the idea of throwing soup, but shouldn’t they be throwing it at something more representative of the French government rather than the French people? I don’t know what that would be, and again, I don’t want to speak for French people, but if it were my country, this would not make me feel as sympathetic to them as I otherwise would because it would feel like a misplaced attack. And I think a lot of others would feel like it was an insult.
I am. I’m sure they like attention, but they’re turning a good cause into something where we only know it’s a bunch of nut cases that should be locked up. I believe their message is totally lost in their quest for more attention by provoking outrage. It does more harm than good. It makes enemies, rather than supporters
Not to mention, they’re complaining about sustainable food by throwing away food.