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101 freeway blocked for a short moment... Pro-Palestinian protestors. (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 OP
Intentionally blocking a freeway is a piss poor way to get other Californians on your side. mt SunSeeker Feb 2024 #1
I'm so sorry, but... Richard D Feb 2024 #2
I am tired of seeing the term "pro-Palestinian" SouthernDem4ever Feb 2024 #3
Yeah, it's easy to be anti-war when it was marybourg Feb 2024 #5
Blocking traffic is pretty much the least intelligent form of protest. cab67 Feb 2024 #4
Amen The Mouth Feb 2024 #6

SouthernDem4ever

(6,618 posts)
3. I am tired of seeing the term "pro-Palestinian"
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 10:09 AM
Feb 2024

You can be anti war and not pro-palestinian. I certainly WOULD NOT want to live under a Palestinian regime.

marybourg

(13,129 posts)
5. Yeah, it's easy to be anti-war when it was
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM
Feb 2024

someone else's country that was invaded and its citizens killed, raped, defiled and abducted.And it’s real easy when you actually identify with the killers and rapists

cab67

(3,213 posts)
4. Blocking traffic is pretty much the least intelligent form of protest.
Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:03 AM
Feb 2024

Last edited Tue Feb 20, 2024, 07:16 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.

The Mouth

(3,273 posts)
6. Amen
Wed Feb 21, 2024, 12:37 PM
Feb 2024

No one has the right or need to block traffic. Period. Your first amendment rights *END* when you are preventing people from getting to their job or a hospital.

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