the Rolling Stones’ Boeing 767 (5,046 tonnes of CO2)
Lawrence Stroll (1,512 flights)
Thirty-nine jets linked to 30 Russian oligarchs – (30,701 tonnes of CO2)
relevant quote:
But I will say this, a movement can't get along without a devil, and across the whole political spectrum there is a misogynistic tendency to choose a female devil, whether it's Anita Bryant, Hillary Clinton, Marie Antoinette, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or J.K. Rowling [or Taylor Swift]. And there's always gonna be people who seize on any opportunity to be misogynistic. So I would advise trans people and our allies [or environmentalists] to keep in mind, that J.K. Rowling [Taylor Swift] is not the final boss of transphobia [anti-environmentalism]. She's not our devil. The devil is the Republican Party, the Conservative Party.
edit: if you can’t respond to this without using the c*nt expletive it is not helping your case lmao. mods are we okay with this? in any case, please don’t feed the trolls.
edit 2/FAQ: “but why did she threaten legal action against that college kid though?” still shitty, but refer to this comment for a good explanation of the context behind that decision.
She only threatened legal action since those memes started before when her flight movements got the attention of the right in an attempt to make her less credible of a voice speaking out against trump. And knowing how batshit insane trump cultists can be and how she’s basically the single most hated person of his base I’m not surprised that she feared for her security. Those records were public for years but the legal action only happened after someone created that meme and even fox news suddenly cared about plane emissions…
[…] For Swift, this is legitimate fear. I don't know if you've ever experienced actual fear for your life, but it's crippling, and it effects your psyche. To experience that on a daily basis because of an app? You bet your goddamn ass I'm going to talk to my lawyers about what my options are.
Natalie Wynn is cringe AF her outfits are just the petit bourgeoisie version of the TayTay private jet and her theatrics are annoying and do more damage to the credibility of progressives than the soviet union ever could.
At least they also got some truly bad people with all the innocent people ig, what has contra done apart from show off how many outfits and hotel rooms she can afford on the corporate advertising platform under the guise of spewing enlightened pseudointellectual psychobabble, not once helping her people (but always using them as a leg to stand on), not once speaking truth to power in ways that matter?
I'd rather cautiously respect a dead principled revolutionary gone wrong and learn from their mistakes than idolize shills for the status quo who abuse their minority status because "wow many colours! Is that blue and purple?"
You're comparing a youtuber who makes questionable fashion choices to totalitarians who murdered millions, and want people to believe the youtuber is worse.
i think she has done good pol-ed. i don't know if she's really done activism, though she does seem to construct her videos in a way designed to appeal to more than the choir.
i dunno. i just think shitting on her is wrong unless she's done something.... wrong.
the OP quote is the correct nuance, but also, we shouldn't overlook rowling's bullshit.