Sitting on the Road is Dangerous

Bad take after bad take from this cartoonist.
- They seem angry...

I don't understand this cartoonist. Is he against saving the environment.
- I think he's one of those "protesting is great as long as it doesn't affect anyone", aka out of sight out of mind protesting.
  I used to be like that until I realized that it would accomplish nothing. Their reasoning is that "you aren't winning any friends" which you aren't, but you are on every news channel with your message up there vs just being people in a park

Is the joke "protesting is useless", or "protest shouldn't be inconvinient"?
Regardless, lmao got em.

Here we go. So many bad takes here, so let me explain for those who don't understand how protest works:
Stopping traffic doesn't save the environment. Never has, never will. Neither does throwing paint on artwork or ancient monuments.
IT'S ABOUT ATTENTION. It's about keeping the issue in the papers, on the TV, on the Facebook feed and front page of Reddit. Remember Extinction Rebellion? They used to do this shit then stopped because of the bad press. You hear about them anymore? Ever hear the phrase 'there's no such thing as bad press'? It's true. Because as long as people are talking about you then you remain relevant.
Climate change is a global existential problem and it's not going to be solved by ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Criticising the heroes who sacrifice their freedom to make the world a better place just marks you as a shortsighted legacy media chode. You're worried about people being made late for work? Come see me again when the supermarket shelves are empty and everywhere between the tropics is unliveable.
- I'm at the point where every time someone yells at me for protesting and tells me how useless it is, I chalk that up as a little sign of success, however small. If this guy is taking time out of his day to rant at me at length about what I'm doing, that means others are likely taking notice too.
  Do I think protesting is going to magically solve the issue? Of course not. But it's something I can do to bring attention to the issue, spread awareness, and encourage others who feel the same way but might feel alone or unsupported about it. I'm always happy to hear about what else I can do to better effect, but somehow that never seems to be something the naysayers are willing to provide. It's always just tearing down, no advice or building up.

Here in Germany, for 1,5 out of 50 years there was every other day some news titled "climate-". Since the activist group withdrew, silence has covered the topic again. They should get medals.

I don't think the artist understands the point of protesting when their argument is based on being inconvenienced as a driver.

How does making cars idle save the environment?
- That's like looking at a tennis match and asking "how does wearing white win the game?".
  Ignoring context to feign confusion is some weaksauce trolling.
  
  No, this isn't me feigning ignorance. There are much better uses of a person's time if their goal is environmentalism than sitting in traffic.
- Making using car uncomfortable and unreliable should push people to abandon it for other means of transportation.
  
  This isn't how to do that. This is a one time inconvenience that gets somebody arrested. If you want less reliance on cars, bigger societal changes need to happen.
- It doesn't, which is why I think the conspiracy that Just Stop Oil is sponsored by big oil to give the environmental movement a bad name is quite plausible. The other explanation is they're organically that stupid.