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Ryan Bridge: Serial protestors aren't helping anyone · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Honestly, it's time Greta to get a grip.
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  Speaker 2: My name is Gether Timber and I am from Sweden.
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  Speaker 2: If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped.
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  Speaker 1: Have you This is a stunt. She's sailing on a
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  Speaker 1: yacht with a diesel engine, which they've been using because
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  Speaker 1: the sales haven't been up. By the way, there's been
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  Speaker 1: photos and videos. Greta's doing the Titanic at the bow,
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  Speaker 1: Kate Winslet at the front of the boat on her
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  Speaker 1: merciful mission to save the Middle East on board this
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  Speaker 1: vessel that's complete with aircon and TVs and Instagram.
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  Speaker 2: I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put
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  Speaker 2: pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the
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  Speaker 2: others as soon as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Redda, you should have gone home a long time ago.
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  Speaker 1: As for being kidnapped, this must be the first time
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  Speaker 1: the victim has broadcast their own hostage video. How does
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  Speaker 1: that work? It's a tiny yacht. How much aid can
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  Speaker 1: you actually have on board? Anything meaningful? There is no
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  Speaker 1: doubt Palestinians desperately need a because of Israel's inhumane blockade. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: they're not going to get any from this attention obsessed Swede.
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  Speaker 1: This is the problem I think people have with protesters.
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  Speaker 1: Not the ones who protest and then do something useful
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  Speaker 1: like become a scientist and an inventor solution to global warming.
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  Speaker 1: That would be helpful. Protesters who protest for the sake
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  Speaker 1: of it and change causes with the wind. One day
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  Speaker 1: it's climate change and oils the devil. The house is
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  Speaker 1: burning down. The next it's powering through the meat on
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  Speaker 1: a diesel laden yacht to rescue Gaza. It's like a
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  Speaker 1: drug to them. I think John Minto's a case in points,
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  Speaker 1: serial protester. You name a cause, he'll get behind it.
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  Speaker 1: And Europe they're defacing ancient artifacts, throwing soup on paintings
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  Speaker 1: confetti on the court at Wimbledon. While they're doing all
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  Speaker 1: these ridiculous stunts, hoovering up social media followers along the way,
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  Speaker 1: they claim, as Greta did yesterday, that it's not about them. No, no,
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  Speaker 1: it's about the Palestinian people, not me, says Greta. The
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  Speaker 1: lady doth protest too much.
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