{"id":2281808,"date":"2024-06-22T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T18:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-oil-activists-stunt-backfires-crowd-confirms-they-will-now-use-even-more-of-it\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T14:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T18:41:21","slug":"anti-oil-activists-stunt-backfires-crowd-confirms-they-will-now-use-even-more-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-oil-activists-stunt-backfires-crowd-confirms-they-will-now-use-even-more-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Oil Activist\u2019s Stunt Backfires, Crowd Confirms They Will Now Use Even More of It"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fanti-oil-activists-stunt-backfires-crowd-confirms-they-will-now-use-even-more-of-it%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=2281808&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>A Just\u200c Stop Oil\u2063 protestor, Rajan Naidu, \u2063detailed his experiences during a demonstration at Stonehenge, where he and another activist sprayed orange paint on\u2063 the ancient monument to demand a phase-out of fossil fuels. Naidu recounted how during the\u2064 protest, a group\u2062 of young American males taunted and chanted &#8220;Oil!&#8221; at them, undermining their cause. His narrative emerged during a Zoom call discussion, where Naidu underscored his lifelong commitment to social justice and human rights. Just Stop Oil,\u2064 the organizing group, notorious for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/build-back-better-from-boris-johnson-to-greta-and-extinction-rebellion-britains-year-of-climate-craziness\/\" title=\"Build Back Better: From Boris Johnson to Greta and Extinction Rebellion, Britain\u2019s Year of Climate Craziness\">disruptive protests<\/a>,\u200c is \u200dpartially funded by the Climate Emergency Fund, stating their aim to attract attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/east-coast-universities-conduct-anti-racist-audit-in-libraries\/\" title=\"East Coast Universities Conduct \u2018Anti-Racist Audit\u2019 In Libraries\">climate issues<\/a> by targeting significant sites and events. However, a question arises regarding the effectiveness and\u200c appropriateness of their methods, \u2064particularly their choice of Stonehenge, a prehistoric site older than\u2063 the \u200cusage\u200b of fossil fuels. The discussion ended abruptly as the call\u2019s organizers\u2064 removed a reporter\u200b from The Daily Caller News Foundation after asking critical questions.  <\/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\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Anti-Oil Activist Who Targeted Stonehenge Reveals American Tourists&#8217; Brutal Chant During His Stunt<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/dcnf\/%20\"><span>Nick Pope<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 21, 2024 at 12:02pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>One of the Just Stop Oil protesters who vandalized Stonehenge on Wednesday said that American males taunted him at the site of the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>The disruptive climate protest group \u2014 which indirectly receives funding from wealthy American liberals via a U.S.-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateemergencyfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nonprofit<\/a> \u2014 hosted a Friday Zoom call for <a href=\"https:\/\/juststopoil.org\/2024\/06\/19\/its-time-for-megalithic-action-just-stop-oil-decorate-stonehenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajan Naidu<\/a>, a 73-year-old activist for Just Stop Oil who took part in a protest in which he and another activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-tourist-desperately-tries-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sprayed orange paint<\/a> on the prehistoric monument.<\/p>\n<p>Naidu recalled that a group of young Americans, led by males, made fun of him and his organization while he staged the protest, chanting \u201cOil!\u201d and otherwise mocking the demonstration and its intentions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were completely focused on our task. We were aware of them, we were aware of the shouting and we didn\u2019t make, we didn\u2019t make eye contact with anybody in the world,\u201d Naidu said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-anti-trump-democrat-caught-half-naked-man-zoom-call-public-government-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom call<\/a>, recounting his experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe avoided eye contact because people were trying to send hostile messages to us. There was a group of young American people, mainly males, who just kept up a continuous barking and shouting (of) what they thought were clever, provocative things, because this action was in support of Just Stop Oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey started chanting \u2018Oil,\u2019 and boasting that they would go back and use even more oil. So that was one kind of reaction. And other people were silent.\u201d<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Spray Stonehenge Orange<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 2 people took action the day before Summer Solstice, demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddef Help us take megalithic action \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufzO8ZiDWu\">pic.twitter.com\/ufzO8ZiDWu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1803390932848394570?\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Naidu, who was arrested for the stunt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/climate-activists-vandalize-stonehenge-with-spray-paint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to National Review, said that his background \u201cis in social justice and human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you intervene in a Just Stop Oil protest?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Daily Caller News Foundation joined the call to ask Naidu whether he believes such acts of protest attract ordinary people to his cause, and also to explain why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/researchers-may-finally-uncovered-real-purpose-stonehenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stonehenge<\/a> \u2014 a monument that is older than the advent of fossil fuels by several thousand years \u2014 made an appropriate target to deface in protest against fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Within several minutes of joining the call and submitting questions for Naidu to answer, the call\u2019s organizers kicked the DCNF out of the Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Just Stop Oil activists have drawn plenty of attention in recent years, staging disruptive protests in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-trying-halt-morning-commute-get-dragged-off-train-angry-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roadways<\/a>, major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-try-storming-american-baseball-game-cops-take-can-clear-outfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sporting events<\/a> and museums to bring attention to their cause.<\/p>\n<p>One stunt involved geriatric activists attempting to break the glass casing protecting one of the few copies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/far-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-retired-teacher-target-magna-carta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magna Carta<\/a> in existence today.<\/p>\n<p>Based in the U.K., it is one of several similarly-styled European climate activist groups that receives funding from the A22 Network, which itself receives funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/02\/rich-american-liberals-climate-emergency-fund-australia-us-uk-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Emergency Fund<\/a> (CEF), <a href=\"https:\/\/a22network.org\/en\/#projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to A22\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>CEF sponsors numerous analogous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-activists-charged-felony-attack-us-constitution-national-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate activist<\/a> organizations in the U.S., including <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/01\/28\/white-house-climate-defiance-lng-tout-harass-dems-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Defiance<\/a> and chapters of Extinction Rebellion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateemergencyfund.org\/ourgrantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to its website.<\/p>\n<p>The charitable foundations of oil heiress Aileen Getty, Abigail Disney and Hollywood mainstays like Adam McKay and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/28\/jeremy-strong-hollywood-climate-emergency-fund-inconvenience-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Strong<\/a> are among CEF\u2019s donors, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/60930b2084ef393517963bbe\/t\/6605c590916e590cc97ee7e8\/1711654300262\/CEF-AnnualReport-2023-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to its 2023 annual report.<\/p>\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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