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THE MESSAGE:
THE MUSIC:
The Extinction Rebellion gains ground by the day. recently 1,300 of its agitators were arrested in London. Included in those arrested was Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, the daughter of Leopold III. The Princess declared on her arrest, "The climate emergency calls on all of us to put pressure on governments to act with urgency."
The Movement expanded to the USA and Canada.
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THE MESSAGE:
Extinction Rebellion, XR is a nonviolent global environmental movement, created in the United Kingdom in May 2018, that would make use of civil disobedience to compel government to take action on 'man-made climate change'. Several academics gathered to sign a 'call to action' in support of the XR movement in October 2018. Their stated objectives were to remedy our climate system, prevent biodiversity loss, and eliminate the risk of social and ecological collapse.
THE MUSIC:
The Extinction Rebellion gains ground by the day. recently 1,300 of its agitators were arrested in London. Included in those arrested was Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, the daughter of Leopold III. The Princess declared on her arrest, "The climate emergency calls on all of us to put pressure on governments to act with urgency."
THE BLURB:
The XR movement uses a circled hourglass, known as the extinction symbol, to serve as a warning that time is rapidly running out for many of the earth’s species.
The objectives are presented as ‘crucial’. They demand that the government must:
- Declare a climate and ecological emergency and work with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change.
- Act now to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025.
- Create a 'citizens’ assembly' on climate and ecological justice.
- Be accountable to the decisions arrived at by the citizens assembly.
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| PROTESTERS ARRESTED IN TORONTO, CANADA |
“We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all.”
From the Web page of XR:
- We have a shared vision of change—creating a world that is fit for generations to come.
- We set our mission on what is necessary—mobilizing 3.5% of the population to achieve system change by using ideas such as "momentum-driven organizing" to achieve this.
- We need a regenerative culture—creating a culture that is healthy, resilient, and adaptable.
- We openly challenge ourselves and this toxic system, leaving our comfort zones to take action for change.
- We value reflecting and learning, following a cycle of action, reflection, learning, and planning for more action (learning from other movements and contexts as well as our own experiences).
- We welcome everyone and every part of everyone—working actively to create safer and more accessible spaces.
- We actively mitigate for power—breaking down hierarchies of power for more equitable participation.
- We avoid blaming and shaming—we live in a toxic system, but no one individual is to blame.
- We are a non-violent network using non-violent strategy and tactics as the most effective way to bring about change.
- We are based on autonomy and decentralisation—we collectively create the structures we need to challenge power. Anyone who follows these core principles and values can take action in the name of Extinction Rebellion.
Podcaster BRENDAN O’NEILL of ‘Spiked' expresses his concern and opposition to the XR movement in this edited and rephrased borrowing of his comments.
"I’m scared of Extinction Rebellion. Not because its members are terrifying revolutionaries. Most of them strike me as hippie-dippy wimps who break down at the sight of a bacon sandwich or an aeroplane flying overhead. In London, these tree-huggers spend time doing yoga on Westminster Bridge and knitting multicoloured jumpers in Trafalgar Square. In Sydney they lay down in the middle of the street around a potted plant.”
"I’m not scared of them because they might make me realize that my selfish life style of eating steak and occasionally going on a holiday is propelling the planet into fiery doom. Most of what they say falls into the category of fake news and Bull Shite. That is, if we don’t cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2025, then humankind is doomed!”
"The reason I’m scared of Extinction Rebellion is because this posh death cult, this unhinged predictor of apocalypse, is taken seriously by politicians and the media. Now that scares me — a lot.”
"In London I watched XR people sway back and forth as they chant about End Times. “What will you do when the world gets hot? WHAT? WHAT?” they barked at bemused commuters at London King’s Cross Station."
"They make the fire-and-brimstone priests of old look like rank amateurs. Their vision is entirely dystopian. Like the morose oracles of old they foretell a time of great fire and hunger. This is where XR people really start to sound like Old Testament hotheads. They speak of nature as if it is a sentient force.” 
"UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres went so far as to say “nature is angry”. What madness is this? He said that while hosting Greta Thunberg at the recent UN Climate Summit.
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| Greta Thunberg |
Greta, of course, is the closest thing this cult has to a messiah. According to her mother she can even see carbon emissions.”
"This is the great irony of contemporary environmentalism: it claims to be acting in the name of science, but really it is an irrational, fearful and at times outright crazy movement. It sees modern society as one big Sodom and Gomorrah, though our sins are environmental rather than sexual.”
"Political leaders and the liberal media seem to treat these loons seriously. They amplify their apocalyptic fantasies. What this reveals is how little faith our leaders have in progress today. How little support there now is for the great human project of taming nature and using its resources to improve our lives.”
"People of the green persuasion look on the Industrial Revolution itself as a mistake. Naturalist David Attenborough, who has achieved godlike status in this movement, recently said that industrial revolution “started the problem”. Has he forgotten how harsh and horrible and unforgiving life was before industry and modernity."
"How arrogant of comfortable Westerners to demonise industry and growth, and to campaign against these things, just as other non-Western people are catching up with us and discovering the wonders of wealthier, longer lives."
THE QUESTION:
How many forests did Noah destroy by cutting down enough trees to build an ark that could house 2 of every species?
THE QUOTE:
"Environmentalism represents humankind’s loss of faith in itself. It’s a backward, misanthropic creed. We shouldn’t be indulging Extinction Rebellion. We should be making clear to these people that we have no intention whatsoever of enacting their depressing, deathly policies and instead will carry on pursuing progress and abundance and a world of wealth for all.”-
Brendan O’neill
THE LEMON:
Awarded to all humans who refuse to believe that man is insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
THE CLIP:
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