Lincolnite

Seems about 3 weeks too late. What are they supposed to do, see the protest, and respond with an apology and glue all the trees back on to their stumps?

That means it took them three weeks to figure out they could get massive publicity, congratulations, and adoration for skipping class.  Dumb kids, they should have already known that! 😉

Waiting until it was warm enough to stand outside.

I’m glad the walkout was only 30 minutes. Foregoing education should never be an option.

Fascists!

So supporting our environment is “goofy” and without substance? Showing something besides apathy is to be ridiculed?

Where do you get the 3 weeks? They didn’t know it was happening until too late, so unfortunately all they could do was register their disagreement. But even if it’s after the fact, it’s still good to let people know you’re upset, or you just keep getting walked on in life.

BTW - the weather wasn’t that great - it was during a cold rain.

And they didn’t cut class - it was during lunch break.

(How can the view of the capitol be improved when that building is to the west and the trees are on the north?)

It takes so long for a tree to grow - if they wanted shorter trees, they could have done a gradual cutting, replacing a few trees a year with shorter trees.

I applaud these young adults!

Either the article said, or KLIN said this morning, that more than 2 weeks had passed since the trees were cut. I just don’t get the idea of protesting something like that after the fact - you can’t bring those trees back. Maybe they can chain themselves to the leftover stumps.

Or, instead of a silly walkout, they could work with the county extension agency, get 300 seedlings, and actually go plant new trees somewhere. You know, something creative that actually helps the problem and not just says “it’s about me! me! me!” and the trees, uh, not so much.

Or they could sit at home playing with their Xbox or trying to score meth. Or perhaps counting down the days until they turn 18 and purchase firearms, better yet, stealing some from a local vendor.

I think it’s a pretty sad statement that these kids are the target of this much ridicule. Are the people that stand outside of Planned Parenthood equally as “goofy?” After all, to some degree they are protesting abortions after the fact.

Good point, Gene. Maybe too much ridicule.

And yes, I think the people at Planned Parenthood are WAY MORE goofy and deserve much more ridicule. I may not be the largest Planned Parenthood fan in the world, but I think there are certain elements that are a much-needed service, and I have a very low tolerance level for the people that stand outside and protest all the time. (And remember, I’m an “R”). I hate the people that line up O Street each year with signs that say Abortion Kills Children, and protest outside the Berkshire Hathaway annual convention with posters showing dead fetuses. I think’s it’s all way overboard.

I agree with you Isotope. I didn’t know that it was during the lunch break. Now had it been during classes, I would have been opposed…not because of the message or topic of the protest, but just in principle I’ve never been very supportive of students turning their backs on education to make a point.

Unless I missed something, I also don’t get where they cut the trees. I drove by their yesterday and I was like WTF its not even on the unicameral side of the school.

Even funnier:  They said they were protesting the removal of some trees due to the Antelope Valley project.

From kolnkgin.com: “Several trees were cut down two weeks ago on the North side of the school for the Antelope Valley project. The trees removed Thursday were cut down for the school renovation project.”

Passionate, but not too organized, those kids…

‘This much ridicule’ ... are you kidding?  Aside from a couple people here, all I’ve seen is the worship of these kids as if they were protesting the Vietnam War in the 60s and 70s. Almost all of the comments on the LJS stories were nothing short of adoration.  Even if they were being widely ridiculed, they make themselves open to it when they pull off publicity stunts. 

I wonder if the trees were cut down while school was in session.  If they were, why didn’t the kids go out there and stand underneath the trees?  THAT would have been a real demonstration, one that would have entertained me.