Extinction Rebellion must curb extremists – Yorkshire Post Letters

EXTINCTION Rebellion has become a haven for all kinds of anarchists and extreme agitators.

Most members, no doubt, are genuine believers in what they perceive as the gravity of their task on the way to save the planet. But their morality, 
I believe, falls short of their 
vain image as righteous eco-warriors.

In not curbing the near and actual criminality of the core extremists, they are indulging 
in the unethical principle 
that the end, noble as they perceive it, justifies any 
means.

The defacing of Churchill’s statue and a multitude of more damaging acts, including the obstruction of the free press, especially at this time of crisis, hardly inspires respect and sympathy and goes down with the general public like a rib-eye steak at a vegan conference dinner.

These acts of sabotage ultimately hit the less well-off in our society, but pleas for moderation seem as ineffective as attempting to stop a Himalayan avalanche.

If it is not more circumspect, XR will end up as just 
another “virtue signalling” organisation hijacked by unscrupulous, nihilistic left-wing freebooters.

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James Mitchinson