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cab67

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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.

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