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According to CBS, a few tree-sit supporters gathered on Chancellor Birgeneau’s lawn on Sunday and … planted an oak tree. Our first reaction was “Hahaha … WHAT?” What sort of protest tactics are the tree people trying to use this time? The only “rational” explanation we can think of is an attempt to appeal to the chancellor’s emotions—but somehow we don’t think a tiny tree will inspire the same feelings as, say, a puppy in an ad for animal shelters.
Of course arrests were made—six, according to a UC police spokesman. But getting arrested might have been the point all along. It’s hard to think of anything more absurd than planting a tree on the chancellor’s lawn to feed a martyr complex.
Image Source: William Hook under Creative Commons, modified by Evante Garza-Licudine
Earlier: Tree-Sit Almost Over! Then Again, That’s What We Said Last Time
BERKELEY: SIX PROTESTERS OF OAK TREE REMOVAL ARRESTED FOR PLANTING OAK SEEDLING ON CHANCELLOR’S LAWN [CBS]
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