1. Sharp, essential piece by @drvox debunking popular journalistic/political arguments on anti-Keystone activism http://www.vox.com/2015/11/8/9690654/keystone-climate-activism …
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2 The recurring argument was tar sands only a small part of environmental picture so misguided to focus on. Roberts shows why that is myopic
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3. Big picture is, even with some recent good news, we're not moving fast enough of climate to avoid a terrible outcome.
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4. & given existing incentive structures & status quo bias, we won't get to where we need to be on climate without intervention of activism
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5. Tar Sands are perhaps an arbitrary target but that's the way activism works: you pick a target that you can push and get attention from.
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6. You could argue Montgomery buss boycott was arbitrary. Jim Crow & structural racism had many other manifestations.
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7. Or the Stonewall Riot was an arbitrary event. After all, homophobia had many other manifestations.
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8. The point being, often arbitrary targets of protest less important than role of protests in making visible the evils of the status quo
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9. Question is whether we can get anywhere near climate action we need in absence of a grass roots environmental movement. I don't think so
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@StephenMarche Most of the other points you raise are dealt with in the @drvox article I linked to in tweet 1
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@HeerJeet@StephenMarche@drvox Worth reading for a guy who writes about culture...0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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