The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Oil Protesters Arrested After Throwing Tomato Soup at Van Gogh Painting

Episode Date: October 17, 2022

Charlamagne gives "Donkey of the Day" to "Just Stop Oil" activists for throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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listen to podcasts. of the devil yes donkey of the day for monday october 17th goes to members of a group called just stop oil who is just stop oil they are a bunch of climate protesters and they protect they protest the extraction and use of fossil fuels noble cause very honorable it's really amazing to me how god gave us everything we needed to survive and thrive here on this third rock from the sun and we have

found a way to mess it up okay we don't we don't we didn't take care of the earth so why should the earth take care of us so i appreciate why should the Earth take care of us? So I appreciate these organizations like Just Stop Oil. I appreciate their attempts to save us from themselves. But protests have to make sense. And this protest makes absolutely no sense. Let's go to ABC News for the report, please. Two protesters were arrested for vandalizing a masterpiece by Van Gogh at the National Gallery in London. Climate activists throwing what authorities say appeared to be tomato soup on Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers painting,

then gluing their hands to the wall. The painting protected by glass. It was not damaged. How in the hell does vandalism of a Van Gogh equate to a protest of the use of fossil fuels? School me. I don't know. How is pouring two cans of tomato soup on a van go painting a protest

the painting was protected by glass so it didn't suffer any damages so what was the point then they decided to glue their hands to the wall just under the van go what is worth more art or life one of the protesters said is it worth more than food worth more than justice the activists yelled adding are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people? Great question. I personally care about the protection of our planet and people, but

I can see a security guard who works there at the National Gallery right now in that moment caring more about the protection of that painting. So you, my friend, are under arrest for vandalism. Okay, the activists said they used soup to show that the cost of living crisis

is part of the cost of oil crisis. She said fuel is unaffordable to millions of cold, hungry families and being that fuel is so high it makes it to where they can't even afford to heat a tin of soup. Interesting. Well, instead of wasting that soup pouring in on the van go,

how about donate the soup to those same families you say can't even afford a tin of soup? Huh? Just a thought. Now, this is a thing where a lot of members of the Just Stop Oil team are gluing their hands to frames of famous paintings. And I am here to tell you it's all a waste of glue. OK, I know that you think you are bringing attention to this situation and you are, but not for the right reasons. See, here's the thing. If you want people to care, then you have to damage something a mass majority of people care about. OK, Van Gogh's. I mean, that's what a bougie and elite of the world. You got to attempt to damage something that a mass amount of people use and care about. Go damage a Chick-fil-A or something. All right.

Glue yourself to a counter Chick-fil-A or something. Glue yourself to a counter at Chick-fil-A and keep everyone from getting that number one with cheese. You damage and glue yourself to something that more than a niche group of people care about. Glue yourself to Envy's cheeks. I'm sure somebody will pay attention to him. And I understand that Van Gogh is one of the most valuable paintings in the world and it's worth a lot,

but I don't think a mass majority of people care about that level of elitism. Okay, damaging of Van Gogh is more of a protest against capitalism, maybe? I don't know. I just know that the more I talk about this, the more I forget what the hell they were protesting to begin with. And that is the point. Please give the members

of the group Just Stop Oil the biggest hee-haw. I think these protests are a little, I think I'm through a little bit more, that's all. All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

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