{"id":2242036,"date":"2024-05-10T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-and-retired-teacher-target-the-magna-carta\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:28:06","slug":"far-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-and-retired-teacher-target-the-magna-carta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-and-retired-teacher-target-the-magna-carta\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing Assault: 82-Year-Old Anglican Priest and Teacher Target Magna Carta"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffar-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-and-retired-teacher-target-the-magna-carta%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Members of the far<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axe-wielding-antifa-group-occupy-hotel-in-olympia-wash\/\" title=\"Axe-wielding Antifa group occupy hotel in Olympia, Wash.\">-left group<\/a> Just Stop\u200c Oil, known for disruptive actions, targeted the \u2063Magna Carta.\u2064 Elderly\u200b protestors, Anglican Priest Sue \u2064Parfitt, 82, and retired teacher Judy Bruce, 85, \u200battempted to damage the historical \u2062document,\u200c but were arrested and\u200c caused no harm. This attack reflects their extreme stance\u200c against\u2062 Western history. The far-left activists\u2062 of Just Stop Oil, including Anglican \u200cPriest Sue Parfitt and retired \u200cteacher \u200dJudy Bruce, aged 82 and 85, respectively,\u2064 targeted the Magna\u200d Carta but were arrested\u2062 without causing damage. This incident highlights their radical opposition to Western history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 10, 2024 at 1:04pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Members of the far-left climate activism group Just Stop Oil have made themselves an effective nuisance.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, they haven\u2019t effectively drawn more people to their cause, necessarily.<\/p>\n<p>But, through their irritating antics of interrupting performances, blocking traffic and attempting to destroy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-director-adam-mckay-funds-group-behind-art-vandalism\/\" title=\"Hollywood Director Adam McKay Funds Group Behind Art Vandalism\">priceless works<\/a> of art, they\u2019ve effectively made themselves one of the most hated activist groups in the world.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/oct\/14\/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throwing tomato soup<\/a> at Vincent Van Gogh\u2019s \u201cSunflowers\u201d in 2022 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/06\/style\/just-stop-oil-rokeby-venus-intl-scli-gbr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacking<\/a> Diego Velasquez\u2019s \u201cRokeby Venus\u201d with safety hammers at the National Gallery in London in 2023, they have made it clear no target is off limits.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, two Just Stop Oil protesters garnered widespread outrage by targeting the Magna Carta.<\/p>\n<p>One unusual thing about this case was that rather than the young protesters usually seen engaging in these destructive acts, these protesters were elderly.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Parfitt, an 82-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/church-pushes-for-transgender-priests-to-increase-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anglican<\/a> priest, and Judy Bruce, an 85-year-old retired biology teacher, entered the British Library, where the hallowed document is displayed, and proceeded to attack the glass case with a hammer and chisel before gluing themselves to the display, according to the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13403837\/Fury-Anglican-priest-82-retired-teacher-85-use-hammer-chisel-smash-glass-protecting-Magna-Carta-Just-Stop-Oil-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL BREAK MAGNA CARTA GLASS<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, then glued their hands together, demanding an emergency plan to just stop oil by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u2708\ufe0f Donate to help us take action at airports this summer \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uYMsvULce2\">pic.twitter.com\/uYMsvULce2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1788881090104439161?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Parfitt has been getting herself into trouble with these protests at least since 2019, even interrupting a Thanksgiving service at St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral in 2023 with obnoxious orange signs reading \u201cJust Stop Oil\u201d and \u201cWill Our Children Thank Us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the two of them did no harm to the document and were promptly arrested.<\/p>\n<p>However, seeing that Just Stop Oil has gone from attacking art to targeting foundational documents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christ-meets-culture-pride-comes-fall-western-civilization-tipping-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western civilization<\/a> was truly appalling.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letitia-james-urges-appeals-court-ignore-trumps-request-not-post-lower-464m-bond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magna Carta<\/a> is more than just an old document.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by England\u2019s King John in 1215, thanks to an impending baron\u2019s revolt in response to John\u2019s numerous failures, the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) placed the kings explicitly under the rule of the law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/european-history\/magna-carta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History.com<\/a> explained.<\/p>\n<p>By doing so, it formed the basis for English common law and functioned as the first real written constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Later revisions \u2014 specifically Clause 39 in 1670, which said that \u201cno free man shall be \u2026 imprisoned or [dispossessed] \u2026 except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land\u201d \u2014 formed the basis for the U.S. Constitution and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/230th-anniversary-ratification-upholding-bill-rights-important-now-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Bill of Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In attacking priceless works of art and now foundational historical documents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-stop-oil-activists-protest-glue-van-gogh-painting-ted-cruz-exposes-baffling-detail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Stop Oil<\/a> protesters have demonstrated their hatred of Western history and their desire to entirely erase it.<\/p>\n<p>This group, it seems, will do anything to set the world back centuries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does the far left hate freedom?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like so many other far-left outfits, they believe all the world\u2019s evils come from Western civilization (especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/students-college-can-take-course-dead-white-women-next-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dead white men<\/a>) and thus that legacy must be destroyed so their oil-free utopia can flourish.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for such groups, protests like this one have done little besides make previously indifferent people hate them.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, most of the replies to Just Stop Oil\u2019s post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X were incredibly negative, expressing irritation, disdain and even anger at the group\u2019s antics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These people need jailed<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark (@scotsmancrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotsmancrypto\/status\/1788900703890526632?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">so many people would die if your demands are met. you are evil<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raskolnikov \u0432\u043e\u043a\u0438\u043d\u044c\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0420 (@raskolnikov134) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raskolnikov134\/status\/1788894853754945865?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Both should be arrested and spend their final days in prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Middle Aged Baby (@MiddleAgedBaby2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiddleAgedBaby2\/status\/1788915701844988144?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The world hates you. The entire world. We all hate you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calamity Jen (@realjenx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realjenx\/status\/1788934026973139383?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps, though these attacks on priceless works of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-interrupting-new-york-met-opera-get-rude-awakening-curtain-drops-security-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> and historical artifacts have been distressing to witness, Just Stop Oil\u2019s ridiculous antics might end up causing some good after all.<\/p>\n<p>Few people have issues with a peaceful protest or an ordinary march.<\/p>\n<p>But when you start destroying things people love and hold dear, they\u2019re going to have a visceral, decidedly negative reaction.<\/p>\n<p>And if enough people get fed up with these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-activists-charged-felony-attack-us-constitution-national-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-greta-thunberg-worked-with-a-fellow-activist-to-support-unrest-in-india\/\" title=\"How Greta Thunberg Worked With A Fellow Activist To Support Unrest In India\">climate activists<\/a><\/a>, maybe the tide will finally turn against this shameless brand of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-greta-thunberg-recreates-barbie-scene-push-climate-change-alarmism-extra-cringeworthy-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alarmism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Magna Carta said that no king or government was above the law \u2014 well, these protesters are about to learn that no self-righteous activist is above the law, either.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Allison Anton on May 10, 2024, at 1:04 pm: The far-left climate activists of Just Stop Oil have caused disturbance without strengthening their support base. 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