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This kind of tactic demonstrably works, even as people condemn it.
According to the intro, it works by making the moderate viewpoint seem more moderate. So basically the idea is being as extreme as possible so that people will say, "I agree with your point but not your methods."
Yes, and it gets peoples attention, so they see that people care about the issue, and that they're not alone in caring.
That doesn't really address my concern about gluing yourself to things being a dumb way to protest. It relies on people stopping whatever they're doing because they care about not killing you.
That generally is a good bet. People dont want a murder charge.
Sadly, there are places in the world with people who LOVE the idea of running over people with their giant trucks..
UK runways are not one of them.
Usually. Iirc, this guy didn't get much of a punishment: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SfHV4f0Y38 (this is Germany).