The New Ecoterrorism

What’s behind the ludicrous and headline-grabbing attacks on priceless works of art.

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Activists of “Just Stop Oil” glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, October 14, 2022.

Just Stop Oil/Handout via Reuters

A note to environmental activists: When you have to resort to something outlandish to press your case, it often means you are losing the battle. If you need to hang a banner from the top of a bridge to convince Jasmine to be your girlfriend, chances are she kind of hopes you slip. The same principle holds for the Just Stop Oil protests.

The new, and patently ludicrous, strain of ecoterrorism is targeting the possessions of European museums. Young activists, who have learned to imitate Greta Thunberg’s pained facial expressions, typically make their stand by tossing foodstuffs onto some of the most valued works of art in the Western world, then spitting out an incomprehensible speech to onlookers.

Itxu Díaz

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Itxu Díaz

Itxu Díaz is a Spanish journalist, political satirist, and author. His new book is I Will Not Eat Crickets: An Angry Satirist Declares War on the Globalist Elite.

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