Republicans introduce extreme bill to ban lawsuits against Big Oil forever | Shouldn't Democrats... be saying something about this?

4 months ago by silence7 to c/climate

Shouldn't Democrats... be saying something about this?
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core 78 points 4 months ago

If they remove our legal recourse, do they think we'll just shrug and be like "guess we have no options"?

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Typhoon 53 points 4 months ago

That seems to be exactly what Americans are doing right now about everything. So yeah.

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athatet 11 points 4 months ago

You’re right. No one is throwing molotovs at techbro houses or burning down warehouses or anything.

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tabarnaski 5 points 4 months ago

Well, lone dudes doing dumb things won't do anything. People need to organize.

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dejova281 6 points 4 months ago

Like No Kings?

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WizardofFrobozz 3 points 4 months ago

They can MAYBE manage another parade with live music and tailgate parties in a month or two if the weather is nice and they get the proper permits.

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tabarnaski 2 points 4 months ago

That's a start

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