Mysteriarch ☀️@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoGreta Thunberg detained at The Hague climate demonstrationwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down132cross-posted to: climatecrisis@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down59·8 months agoA climate protester who is frequently arrested/detained due to protesting has been arrested/detained for protesting. This is the story every time she is arrested/detained. Maybe I’m jaded, but, who cares? How is this world news?
minus-squareeardon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoSame reason anything that happened to Navalny was world news. These are (were) good people fighting the good fight. It’s news when they are punished for trying to help us. Maybe I’m jaded, but, who cares? You do, clearly.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoWhile I get your point, I would definitely have called Navalny “way less bad than Putin”, but not “good”. He never really renounced or seriously backed away from his ultranationalist vibe.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down17·8 months agoI’m no fan of her but it’s news. She travels the world and babbles like an idiot. That fits the Definition of world news.
A climate protester who is frequently arrested/detained due to protesting has been arrested/detained for protesting. This is the story every time she is arrested/detained.
Maybe I’m jaded, but, who cares? How is this world news?
Same reason anything that happened to Navalny was world news.
These are (were) good people fighting the good fight. It’s news when they are punished for trying to help us.
You do, clearly.
While I get your point, I would definitely have called Navalny “way less bad than Putin”, but not “good”. He never really renounced or seriously backed away from his ultranationalist vibe.
I’m no fan of her but it’s news. She travels the world and babbles like an idiot. That fits the Definition of world news.