{"id":2384088,"date":"2024-12-27T15:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-the-time-global-warming-punks-ruined-christmas-tree-with-orange-paint-across-7-different-cities\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T21:01:09","slug":"video-the-time-global-warming-punks-ruined-christmas-tree-with-orange-paint-across-7-different-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-the-time-global-warming-punks-ruined-christmas-tree-with-orange-paint-across-7-different-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Time Global Warming Punks Ruined Christmas Tree With Orange Paint, Across 7 Different Cities"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fvideo-the-time-global-warming-punks-ruined-christmas-tree-with-orange-paint-across-7-different-cities%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=2384088&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>The text discusses recent actions \u200btaken by the German climate activist\u2062 group, Letzte Generation (Last Generation), who \u200cdecided \u2062to spray Christmas trees with orange paint\u2064 in various cities to draw \u200dattention to thier environmental agenda. This event occurred just before Christmas 2023 and was \u2063covered by Newsweek, highlighting their aim to prevent global\u200b warming.<\/p>\n<p>The group publicly urges\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-school-district-promotes-segregated-black-parent-meeting\/\" title=\"California School District Promotes Segregated \u2018Black Parent\u2019 Meeting\">civil disobedience<\/a>\u200c and expresses disbelief that governments and corporations will take \u200bsufficient action against climate change.Critics argue that their aggressive tactics, \u200dsuch as vandalizing Christmas trees, are counterproductive and unrelated to the climate \u200bcrisis. They also point out the irony \u200cin\u2063 using chemical paint, worsening environmental conditions while allegedly advocating for the climate.<\/p>\n<p>The article juxtaposes \u2063these \u2064actions\u2064 with other environmental protests, emphasizing\u2062 a \u200dworrying trend of disruptive methods that activists might adopt in their\u2064 quest for urgency on climate issues. it critiques\u2064 the\u200b disconnect between activists&#8217; methods \u200band the causes they promote.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Tuesday being Christmas, here is your reminder that the left takes no days off from hating everything.<\/p>\n<p>Flashback to just 2023, when German climate activists decided the holiday season was a tremendous opportunity to push their agenda on several unassuming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/internet-explodes-breathtaking-national-anthem-nfls-christmas-day-ravens-texans-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas<\/a> trees with a fresh coat of orange paint.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek picked up the story of Letzte Generation &mdash; Last Generation &mdash; who posted their agitators spraying Christmas trees orange on X, saying they&rsquo;ve done this in seven different German cities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">&#127876; Wir f&auml;rben Weihnachtsb&auml;ume orange<\/p>\n<p>&#129519;In Berlin, Oldenburg, Kiel, Leipzig, Rostock, N&uuml;rnberg und M&uuml;nchen haben wir Weihnachtsb&auml;ume mit orangener Farbe eingef&auml;rbt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p3ZvNimLzX\">pic.twitter.com\/p3ZvNimLzX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AufstandLastGen\/status\/1734875563603427822?\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The account made a second post about their actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">&#10084;&#65039;&zwj;&#128293; Wir rufen auf:<\/p>\n<p>Lasst uns gemeinsam alles friedliche unternehmen, um eine 3 Grad hei&szlig;ere Welt noch zu verhindern.<\/p>\n<p>Auf die Regierungen und Konzerne k&ouml;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">nnen wir dabei nicht hoffen<\/a>. Wir sind selbst dazu aufgerufen aktiv zu werden und zivilen Ungehorsam zu leisten. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1YqWOrsahC\">pic.twitter.com\/1YqWOrsahC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AufstandLastGen\/status\/1734875737927127073?\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newsweek added the following translation for the above to their article indicating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-open-new-york-is-closed-and-ny-has-more-covid-deaths\/\" title=\"Florida Is Open, New York Is Closed, And NY Has More COVID Deaths\">global warming<\/a> is the chosen cause of the group:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We call: Let us do everything peaceful together to prevent a world that is 3 degrees hotter. We can&rsquo;t rely on governments and corporations to do this. We ourselves are called upon to take action and engage in civil disobedience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last Generation hopes to pressure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disturbing-satan-summoning-medieval-curse-tablet-unearthed-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a>&lsquo;s government into no longer using fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>What does ruining Christmas have to do with global warming?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the significance of that action truly is, its lost behind a display of stupidity.<\/p>\n<p>On an ironic note, spraying paint full of chemicals into the environment is surely harmful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-administration-give-unprecedented-15-billion-climate-change-handout-california-company-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate<\/a> these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-antisemitism-incidents-soar-to-record-high-as-violent-attacks-rise\/\" title=\"UK Antisemitism Incidents Soar to Record High as Violent Attacks Rise\">agitators claim<\/a> to care so much about.<\/p>\n<p>Ruining all that is good and beautiful in the world to save it is a widely use method of pushing this agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In July, two Just Stop Oil activists were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-stop-oil-activists-hit-hard-found-guilty-throwing-soup-priceless-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> after damaging Vincent Van Gogh&rsquo;s 1888 painting &ldquo;Sunflowers&rdquo; at the National Gallery in London, England in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>How does defacing a priceless piece of art stop oil?<\/p>\n<p>Much like Last Generation&rsquo;s stunt, the action does not seem to correlate to the cause in any conceivable fashion.<\/p>\n<p>With the news cycle catastrophizing our state of affairs globally, activists find moral justification in doing this and more.<\/p>\n<p>A prized painting and Christmas trees are angering enough, but these actions set a worrying precedent for future, more nefarious, behavior from people who believe our entire existence is at stake.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Reflecting on 2023, German climate activists seized the holiday season to promote their agenda by spray-painting several unsuspecting Christmas trees orange. Newsweek reported on Letzte Generation (Last Generation), who shared videos of their actions on X, claiming they had targeted trees in seven different German cities. <\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post, they urged collective peaceful action to prevent a world that is three degrees warmer, stating that reliance on governments and corporations is futile and calling for civil disobedience instead. Their goal is to pressure the German government to abandon fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>However, one might question how vandalizing Christmas trees relates to combating global warming\u2014seemingly nothing at all. This act appears more like an exhibition of foolishness than a meaningful protest. Ironically, using chemical-laden paint could harm the environment these activists profess to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Such destructive actions echo previous incidents where activists damaged valuable art pieces under the guise of environmentalism\u2014like when two Just Stop Oil members were convicted for defacing Van Gogh&#8217;s &#8220;Sunflowers.&#8221; These acts raise concerns about future behaviors from those who believe our very existence hangs in the balance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2384089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/orange-tree.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47494,6922,32659,35022,47495],"class_list":["post-2384088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-art-protest","tag-christmas","tag-environmental-activism","tag-global-warming","tag-urban-culture"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/orange-tree.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384092,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384088\/revisions\/2384092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}