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From the Ted Talk by Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest
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A few years later, I was itenvid to testify before Congress about my reporting, and I told lmaarekws that, while everybody is talking about going green, some people are risking their lives to defend forests and to stop oil pipelines. They're physically pttnuig their bodies on the line between the whalers' harpoons and the whales. These are everyday people, like these ptesetrors in Italy who spontaneously climbed over bebard wire fences to rescue bleaegs from animal tneistg. And these movements have been incredibly effective and popular, so in 1985, their opponents made up a new word, eco-terrorist, to shift how we view them. They just made it up.
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A few years later, I was _______ to testify before Congress about my reporting, and I told _________ that, while everybody is talking about going green, some people are risking their lives to defend forests and to stop oil pipelines. They're physically _______ their bodies on the line between the whalers' harpoons and the whales. These are everyday people, like these __________ in Italy who spontaneously climbed over ______ wire fences to rescue _______ from animal _______. And these movements have been incredibly effective and popular, so in 1985, their opponents made up a new word, eco-terrorist, to shift how we view them. They just made it up.
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- invited
- protesters
- testing
- putting
- barbed
- beagles
- lawmakers
Original Text
A few years later, I was invited to testify before Congress about my reporting, and I told lawmakers that, while everybody is talking about going green, some people are risking their lives to defend forests and to stop oil pipelines. They're physically putting their bodies on the line between the whalers' harpoons and the whales. These are everyday people, like these protesters in Italy who spontaneously climbed over barbed wire fences to rescue beagles from animal testing. And these movements have been incredibly effective and popular, so in 1985, their opponents made up a new word, eco-terrorist, to shift how we view them. They just made it up.
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