Archived version: https://archive.ph/3BvaE
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240128131355/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68121654
Cue the outrage and two minutes hate.
Given that the painting is protected by glass, I don’t really mind this protest. But I do hate when people destroy historical pieces in protest or like some stupid tourists have done in places like Italy.
Right but these are climate change activists, not stupid tourists. The internet is going to hate on them anyway. The Mona Lisa! Sacre bleu!
No, they were farming advocates. From the article:
The French capital has seen protests by farmers in recent days, calling for an end to rising fuel costs and for regulations to be simplified - on Friday they blocked key roads in and out of Paris.
And I was not indicating that protesters and dumb tourists destroying precious art are on the same level. But there are other ways to draw attention to crises than destroying historic artifacts.
I don’t support that, regardless the cause.