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I gather XR enshrined ‘no blame’ into their values early because (correctly) the scale of the problem needs political solutions. The Daily Mail are not neutral on the subject of man made climate change and seem to be going for a narrative of ‘them and us’, presenting XR as preaching middle-class hippies to obfuscate the real problem. These pieces are usually written by public schoolboys who still think it’s all a big game because their lives have been comfy as fuck.
Emma Thomson clearly has shitty flying habits. But the story is still a smear and used tactically.
Those I know who are heavily involved in XR have absolutely pure intentions, they live low (or very low) impact lifestyles, care deeply about what irreversible damage we’re doing to people and the planet. This shouldn’t really matter, because their argument is irrefutable, but I find it remarkable and sad there’s so much energy (and money?) going into discrediting them.