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cab67

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4. Blocking traffic is pretty much the least intelligent form of protest.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 12:03 PM

Feb 20

Last edited Tue Feb 20, 2024, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)

First, it's almost guaranteed to backfire. It doesn't generate sympathy - in fact, it does the opposite - and it doesn't target the people who can actually affect change.

Second, it can cause real harm. If traffic is blocked and law enforcement isn't notified, emergency vehicles can't be re-routed. I, for one, don't want to live under the kind of idealogical purity that accepts the occasional death because an ambulance couldn't get through.

I don't care what the cause is. Blocking traffic is stupid.

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101 freeway blocked for a short moment... Pro-Palestinian protestors. [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 20 OP

Intentionally blocking a freeway is a piss poor way to get other Californians on your side. mt SunSeeker Feb 20 #1

I'm so sorry, but... Richard D Feb 20 #2

I am tired of seeing the term "pro-Palestinian" SouthernDem4ever Feb 20 #3

Yeah, it's easy to be anti-war when it was marybourg Feb 20 #5

Blocking traffic is pretty much the least intelligent form of protest. cab67 Feb 20 #4

Amen The Mouth Feb 21 #6