[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sure. But the better way to do that would be to suggest -or even better, pioneer- viable alternatives and strategies. Do they think the government is gonna push the button labelled "make everything better" once a certain number of roads have been blocked?

It's about showing people wont let them compromise on the urgency for action

And in this case is about raising awareness among business leaders

It all leads to developing critical mass for the movement and also making a nuisance of themselves so that everybody understands the protest wont go away.
Very much like the other causes she compared it to did. Those activists were also called lunatics in their time.