It's either that or they just want attention. But if that were the case, there are any number of other ways to do something attention grabbing without making yourself look like a blithering retard, so if I had to put money on it, I'd bet they thought it was mineral/crude oil.
I actually think you're right with your first guess...
This is, after all, the second time in a week, with paintings in entirely different countries with nothing in common other than a) being famous, b) being oil (at least, I assume the Picasso in Melbourne was), and c) being poorly protected, in leftist cities...
So I think it's more just attention-whoring, than anything. Because that's what Extinction Rebellion does. They are, after all, almost literally a fucking millenarian cult, lol...
Problem is that there are other ways to do extremely attention grabbing shit other than something that will get tied to being a retard.
So either they're retarded for not seeing the connection that makes them look retarded, or they're retarded because they actually believe oil paintings are mineral/crude oil. Either way, they're retards.
Back in highschool some edgy chick put a dead mouse in a plexiglass box and surrounded it with lamps. Apparently flies had already gotten to the body as maggots started to hatch which would eventually develop into flies. It was her project for art class.
I can assure you, the kind of people who work these places now are more than on board with all of this...
Hence the endless "handbacks" of precious artefacts to primitive cultures, which have now, largely, been lost to civilization and science forever. Unfortunately...
Never trust a museum that does handbacks of shit that should belong to ALL humanity, not just shitty, primitive, conquered tribes (who don't even have their own museums to display the stuff, and have, with some regularity, either buried, or indeed destroyed said artefacts, upon return)...
Assholes. They might as well have been paid off by Exxon for all they're going to accomplish. Thank goodness that painting was protected with glass, or it would have gone the way of the Big Buddhas.
I wonder if they're proud to be in the same class as the Taliban. Oh, wait, they probably have no idea that even happened, the dumbasses.
an easy way to attract attention & get press coverage
Job done in all likelihood. Except just like with Extinction Rebelion, Insulate Britain, and other groups this is the kind of action that won't be well received by the general public and will in fact turn the public on the group.
ER were on the fringes of most people up until the point the group started impeding the ability of the public to use... public transport to get to work. Once they started fucking with peoples' livelihoods they were done.
Similarly one of the top names in Insulate Britain turned out to be a trades workman I believe who did even have his own home insulated and the hypocrisy/laziness turned a lot of people off the group.
So while the vandalism will have gained the group attention I don't see it being anywhere near a net positive as destroying cultural icons, [who have zero fucking connection with the topic being brought up], never, ever goes well for the activists.
They did this to a Piccaso in Melbourne, less than a week ago. Thank fuck the thing is "protected" (inadequately, admittedly) by perspex...
They won't be charged with anything. But it's not a cult. Oh no, it couldn't possibly be a cult. And the "powers that be" couldn't possibly be the ones backing these freaks. Nah, of course not. Who would believe that?! A conspiracy theorist??! /s
I suppose, however, that one "net positive" from all this shit is that it pisses "sophisticated" urbanites off, and turns them off/against the group...
It's easy for those people to feel smug and superior when these idiots are just out blocking rural coal trains and ports (or even "better" - climbing and defacing old, defunct coal power station cooling towers), or stopping log trucks - much "harder" to get sympathy, when they are fucking with "shared cultural heritage" like this, right in the heart of the elite city (see also: 20 years ago, when they graffitied the fucking Opera House sails)...
I've seen that painting (when it was in Basel, and then in Paris, no less). This is, in effect, an attack on all famous European art.
Ironically, when it was in Basel, I was told off by the security guard for getting "too close", in order to read the small writing on the tag thing (you know, whatever the "description" they put up next to an artwork is called, technically) - which frankly just proves that it's one rule for us lot, and another, entirely, for freaks like this...
At least in leftist cities, anyway. Basel is definitely one of those. As is (largely) London, where this is, as is Paris, as is Melbourne...
I know heaps of these people. They massively congregate to cities like this (and capitals, naturally), and constantly do nefarious, disruptive, but also entirely ineffective for their cause shit like this.
I know heaps of these people. They massively congregate to cities like this (and capitals, naturally), and constantly do nefarious, disruptive, but also entirely ineffective for their cause shit like this.
Sensing a pattern, yet? Lol...
Pattern, no. But I'm starting to wonder if maybe we have made inadequate use of Oppenheimer and Teller's greatest works.
Imo, they should be beaten unconscious, then have their hands chopped off and denied any state support. This was a deliberate act of vandalism, and should be 'discouraged'.
Whenever you see the word "activist" mentally replace it with "attention whore"
“Lunatic”
Bring back asylums.
Bring back lobotomies. These bright hair dyed retards should be permanently removed from society.
They'd be redundant. You won't find anything in there, I checked.
No. If you're going to do that then just have the compassion required to kill your enemies.
Why do you need compassion to kill jews?
So they thought 'oil painting' meant mineral/crude oil?
I wondered why that painting. I hadn't thought of something so stupid.
Yet entirely believable these days. I pity satirists at times because reality just one ups them more and more.
It's either that or they just want attention. But if that were the case, there are any number of other ways to do something attention grabbing without making yourself look like a blithering retard, so if I had to put money on it, I'd bet they thought it was mineral/crude oil.
I actually think you're right with your first guess...
This is, after all, the second time in a week, with paintings in entirely different countries with nothing in common other than a) being famous, b) being oil (at least, I assume the Picasso in Melbourne was), and c) being poorly protected, in leftist cities...
So I think it's more just attention-whoring, than anything. Because that's what Extinction Rebellion does. They are, after all, almost literally a fucking millenarian cult, lol...
Problem is that there are other ways to do extremely attention grabbing shit other than something that will get tied to being a retard.
So either they're retarded for not seeing the connection that makes them look retarded, or they're retarded because they actually believe oil paintings are mineral/crude oil. Either way, they're retards.
They said they splattered the painting because it was the best way of getting attention to their cause.
Leave them there. Use more glue if you have to.
Back in highschool some edgy chick put a dead mouse in a plexiglass box and surrounded it with lamps. Apparently flies had already gotten to the body as maggots started to hatch which would eventually develop into flies. It was her project for art class.
Do the same here.
Now that would be modern art I could get behind.
They should at least be cuffed with their arm twisted around and shoulder dislodged.
The ugly people try to destroy everything beautiful about the world.
If it's the real one, that's hundreds of thousands in restoration and repair costs.
But it's not likely that it is. If you can get up close to any of those paintings, it's not the real ones.
Now that their logo is known, that skull with the word oil on it, they can be banned from all exhibitions and museums globally.
The painting is protected by glass, they only damaged the frame.
How can they even come in the museum with these tshirts on
Laughs in current art museum curatorship...
I can assure you, the kind of people who work these places now are more than on board with all of this...
Hence the endless "handbacks" of precious artefacts to primitive cultures, which have now, largely, been lost to civilization and science forever. Unfortunately...
Never trust a museum that does handbacks of shit that should belong to ALL humanity, not just shitty, primitive, conquered tribes (who don't even have their own museums to display the stuff, and have, with some regularity, either buried, or indeed destroyed said artefacts, upon return)...
How did they get past security with soup cans?
Some of the most expensive art in the would is shit in a soup can.
the quicker this 'old white guy' art gets oh-no-ruined, the quicker they can make room for their friends period blood art collection?
I'm just imagining potato Jesus faces replacing the flowers.
I no longer desire a tolerant society.
"Just" stab them in the neck.
Well, shit, I'm convinced. I guess I'll fry this egg in butter instead.
Embrace tradition. cracks egg into hot lard in a cast iron skillet
They destroyed the painting Victor made for Amy. I hope these idiots understand Who they pissed off.
Assholes. They might as well have been paid off by Exxon for all they're going to accomplish. Thank goodness that painting was protected with glass, or it would have gone the way of the Big Buddhas.
I wonder if they're proud to be in the same class as the Taliban. Oh, wait, they probably have no idea that even happened, the dumbasses.
Did these classic artists all have big pro-fossil fuel activism in their histories I'm unaware about??
I know they're probably oil paintings but that seems like a rather carbon non-intensive activity to target...
Job done in all likelihood. Except just like with Extinction Rebelion, Insulate Britain, and other groups this is the kind of action that won't be well received by the general public and will in fact turn the public on the group.
ER were on the fringes of most people up until the point the group started impeding the ability of the public to use... public transport to get to work. Once they started fucking with peoples' livelihoods they were done.
Similarly one of the top names in Insulate Britain turned out to be a trades workman I believe who did even have his own home insulated and the hypocrisy/laziness turned a lot of people off the group.
So while the vandalism will have gained the group attention I don't see it being anywhere near a net positive as destroying cultural icons, [who have zero fucking connection with the topic being brought up], never, ever goes well for the activists.
"Spreading awareness" by being humongous assholes.
That's a ftm probably, I don't think guys can have that much fat in their legs and hips.
Maybe we can refine these activist's body fay and use it as fuel Kinda like how they turn cooking oil into fuel.
Turn them into soap and lampshades
Simple.
I miss when kids would protest war, especially thermonuclear war, something that actually will destroy life as we know it.
Ok but why though?
Attention seeking behavior.
This is the second time in a week...
They did this to a Piccaso in Melbourne, less than a week ago. Thank fuck the thing is "protected" (inadequately, admittedly) by perspex...
They won't be charged with anything. But it's not a cult. Oh no, it couldn't possibly be a cult. And the "powers that be" couldn't possibly be the ones backing these freaks. Nah, of course not. Who would believe that?! A conspiracy theorist??! /s
I suppose, however, that one "net positive" from all this shit is that it pisses "sophisticated" urbanites off, and turns them off/against the group...
It's easy for those people to feel smug and superior when these idiots are just out blocking rural coal trains and ports (or even "better" - climbing and defacing old, defunct coal power station cooling towers), or stopping log trucks - much "harder" to get sympathy, when they are fucking with "shared cultural heritage" like this, right in the heart of the elite city (see also: 20 years ago, when they graffitied the fucking Opera House sails)...
I've seen that painting (when it was in Basel, and then in Paris, no less). This is, in effect, an attack on all famous European art.
Ironically, when it was in Basel, I was told off by the security guard for getting "too close", in order to read the small writing on the tag thing (you know, whatever the "description" they put up next to an artwork is called, technically) - which frankly just proves that it's one rule for us lot, and another, entirely, for freaks like this...
At least in leftist cities, anyway. Basel is definitely one of those. As is (largely) London, where this is, as is Paris, as is Melbourne...
I know heaps of these people. They massively congregate to cities like this (and capitals, naturally), and constantly do nefarious, disruptive, but also entirely ineffective for their cause shit like this.
Sensing a pattern, yet? Lol...
Pattern, no. But I'm starting to wonder if maybe we have made inadequate use of Oppenheimer and Teller's greatest works.
What I wouldn't give for the chance to grab one of these idiots by the wrist and force their hand against their own face.
Sadly, they’d just have you “charged with assault”, and then you would be thrown in jail (possibly), and they would still get off scot-free, I expect…
Because clown world.
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Just stop Twitter.
Imo, they should be beaten unconscious, then have their hands chopped off and denied any state support. This was a deliberate act of vandalism, and should be 'discouraged'.