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They will and they won't care. It will do nothing to change anyone's mind but will harden public opinion against the extremists.
I don't think the general public cares about Taylor Swift needing to get her jet re-painted. Only Swifties will care.
No, but the public have shown that they are frustrated with the extremists and the courts have handed down multi-year sentences of incarceration in a growing number of cases. The public react with revulsion to extremists.
I think that's true for Stone Henge, the Mona Lisa, gluing themselves to roads, etc.
I think targeting high profile extremely wealthy people is different and will be much more effective. I guess time will tell.
Perhaps. With the near iron grip that the wealthy have on most governments I don't expect anything to change because a few people glued themselves to the road or threw a bit of paint on some rich assholes jets.