Climate activists, especially in Europe, are big fans of dramatic and obnoxious stunts to supposedly draw attention to the issue but in ways that manage to anger both sides in many cases. They smear substances on famous paintings, slash tires, glue themselves to roads, and pour dye in the Trevi Fountain, to note some recent examples. And I bet few would be able to explain, what, specifically, the activists were protesting in each of the cases.
That may be why one cameraman in Sweden was having absolutely none of their shenanigans when activists stormed the stage of a dance competition show. In video from the incident, two demonstrators stormed the stage—one carrying a sign while the other threw up a yellow-ish dust in the air. And that's when the cameraman put an end to it all.
Climate activists stormed the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ live finale in Sweden..... the cameraman was given a significant pay raise... pic.twitter.com/885xiKSuhD
— Mats Nilsson (@mazzenilsson) May 29, 2023
Cameraman decides to deal with “Just Stop Oil” types on Sweden’s Dancing with Stars. @TomSwarbrick1 pic.twitter.com/teZX3PcIgm
— Martin in Monmouthshire (@MartinMonmouth1) May 29, 2023
Climate activists from the Restore Wetlands protest group ran onto the stage with powder paint and a banner, interrupting a performance during the Friday night final of Let's Dance on TV4.
Olympic skier Charlotte Kalla was dancing the paso doble with her professional partner Tobias Karlsson as a man and woman launched themselves in front of the pair while hundreds of thousands watched at home.
But one cameraman wasn't having any of it, and used an overhead rig as a battering ram to charge at the man and knock him to the ground.
The protesters were then swiftly removed from the studio, with three people later questioned by police on suspicion of vandalism. [...]
The activist who released paint on the stage has been named as 30-year-old Tina Kronberg Berggren, who has also campaigned for Extinction Rebellion in the past.
She had been seated in the audience with her fellow campaigners before launching herself onto the stage as the performance got under way. (DailyMail)
One of the activists explained in a statement translated from Swedish why they did it.
"We want nothing more than to have fun and I also love to dance. But my future will be anything but full of fun.
"The situation is so urgent and we cannot sit in the audience and just watch when our lives are threatened by climate collapse."
Roxy Farhat of Restore Wetlands confirmed the group was responsible for the act and said it was necessary since politicians have ignored them for the last three decades.
"We are heading for a climate collapse and our politicians are only making the crisis worse by not acting. We are the last generation that has a chance to stop this death project," she said. "We have been demonstrating for 30 years, but the politicians don't care,' she added, explaining why the group had shifted to more unorthodox forms of protest."
Pretty sure the stunt isn't going to change a single mind.