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Environmental activists super glue themselves to buildings on Capitol Hill

[Business Insider] Environmental activists blocked congressional staff and lawmakers after super gluing themselves to doors and each other in a building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon.

The Washington, DC, chapter of Extinction Rebellion glued their hands to one another and to door knobs, forming chains around entryways and exits at the basement in a building for House lawmakers.

The protesters hung signs around themselves imitating emergency notices and calling for the passage of the Green New Deal.

"DECLARE CLIMATE EMERGENCY," one sign said.

"We're sorry. Due to the CLIMATE EMERGENCY Congress is shut down until sufficient action is taken to address the crisis," another sign said.

Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana posted a video of his staff navigating through the hallways of the Capitol: "Supergluing yourself to a door is a very dumb way to protest," the video's caption said.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-24 07:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Break out glass and haul them away. Severe fines and appropriate charges for door/window replacement and labor. No one is released from jail until fines are paid and time is served.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-24 07:14|| 2019-07-24 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Apparently ER is a scam for making omney off rich gaia worshipers

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-07-24 07:44|| 2019-07-24 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 pull them off and any skin left behind can be composted.

Posted by AlanC 2019-07-24 08:02|| 2019-07-24 08:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Compost them, not just the bits stuck to the glass. Their heads are already full of compost, so it should go pretty quick.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-07-24 08:09|| 2019-07-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Leave them there. No food or water. In a day or two they will tear themselves away. Then you arrest them and clean their open wounds with alcohol/salt water.

Posted by Angaiting Thising6508 2019-07-24 08:13|| 2019-07-24 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 The irony.

Activists for imaginary exigencies obstructing government by adhesively attaching themselves to Capitol Hill structures of power.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-24 08:26|| 2019-07-24 08:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Apparently they never heard of debonder....

But I'm for just ripping them off and to hell with what remains stuck to the door.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-07-24 08:32|| 2019-07-24 08:32|| Front Page Top

#8 See - chicken little. Human behavior hasn't fundamentally changed in 2,500 years.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-24 08:59|| 2019-07-24 08:59|| Front Page Top

#9 12M HCl will take them right off with no damage to the glass.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-07-24 09:45|| 2019-07-24 09:45|| Front Page Top

#10 ^^^^

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-07-24 10:04|| 2019-07-24 10:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Silentbrick, I like how you think.

Of course, just pulling them away without any debonder or other solution would work. THEN use the HCl.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-07-24 11:01|| 2019-07-24 11:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Nah, they weren't stuck. Their hands would have to be clean before gluing.

Posted by Bobby 2019-07-24 11:56|| 2019-07-24 11:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Set a Porta-Potty in view down the hall and walk away. No further action will be required.

Posted by gorb 2019-07-24 11:56|| 2019-07-24 11:56|| Front Page Top

#14 It would be a good time to pelt them with milkshakes

Posted by BrerRabbit 2019-07-24 16:56|| 2019-07-24 16:56|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm against leaving them there. Then everybody else would have had to deal with them. They should have been released to a natural habitat, like central Antarctica. I'm sure it isn't cold, as global warming is such a horrendous problem.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2019-07-24 17:38|| 2019-07-24 17:38|| Front Page Top

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