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Home Front: Politix
Environmental activists super glue themselves to buildings on Capitol Hill
2019-07-24
[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

#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  

#14  It would be a good time to pelt them with milkshakes
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2019-07-24 16:56  

#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  

#12  Nah, they weren't stuck. Their hands would have to be clean before gluing.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-07-24 11:56  

#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  

#10  ^^^^
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-07-24 10:04  

#9  12M HCl will take them right off with no damage to the glass.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-07-24 09:45  

#8  See - chicken little. Human behavior hasn't fundamentally changed in 2,500 years.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-24 08:59  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#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  

#3  pull them off and any skin left behind can be composted.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-07-24 08:02  

#2  Apparently ER is a scam for making omney off rich gaia worshipers
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-07-24 07:44  

#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  

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