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It's inappropriate to perform such a protest in a way that can put people at risk. The possibility that protesting in a public city square holds up traffic such

It's inappropriate to perform such a protest in a way that can put people at risk. The possibility that protesting in a public city square holds up traffic such that people could die in traffic is a few notches below blockading an expressway right next to a hospital. I find your comparison bunk and offensive.

kennywinker 4y ago
You may not like my comparison, but advocating for killing protestors is still not ok. We live in a democracy. You can be mad people blocked a street, but to say they deserve death for that is undemocratic, the kind of logic that has tanks rolling out. Roads get blocked for all kinds of reasons: Construction of roads i don’t support, accidents because people drive instead of taking transit, cargo i didn’t buy falling off trucks, parades, concerts, etc. should whoever was behind all those causes die?
- sixstringtheory 4y ago
  I don’t advocate for murdering protesters. And traffic can still move with planned closures. But there are plenty of scenarios where I would choose freeway blockaders having to reap the consequences of their actions vs some innocent citizen stuck in traffic having to suffer or die like if they had a medical emergency. In a highly contrived hypothetical, if I were rushing my wife to the hospital with a gunshot wound and got stuck in the front line of traffic facing blockaders, and they refused or were unable to move to let me by, yeah, I’d do what I had to do to get my wife to the hospital. And furthermore I’d be doubly pissed at the protesters for the PTSD I’d no doubt suffer if I injured or killed them in the process. Life isn’t all roses vs tanks, there are a million shades of gray in between and people like you and people who glue themselves to freeway road surfaces have no capacity for nuance. Is it any wonder most people don’t take you seriously in your endeavors? You’re just turning more reasonable people against yourselves.

kennywinker 4y ago

You may not like my comparison, but advocating for killing protestors is still not ok. We live in a democracy. You can be mad people blocked a street, but to say they deserve death for that is undemocratic, the kind of logic that has tanks rolling out. Roads get blocked for all kinds of reasons: Construction of roads i don’t support, accidents because people drive instead of taking transit, cargo i didn’t buy falling off trucks, parades, concerts, etc. should whoever was behind all those causes die?

sixstringtheory 4y ago
I don’t advocate for murdering protesters. And traffic can still move with planned closures. But there are plenty of scenarios where I would choose freeway blockaders having to reap the consequences of their actions vs some innocent citizen stuck in traffic having to suffer or die like if they had a medical emergency. In a highly contrived hypothetical, if I were rushing my wife to the hospital with a gunshot wound and got stuck in the front line of traffic facing blockaders, and they refused or were unable to move to let me by, yeah, I’d do what I had to do to get my wife to the hospital. And furthermore I’d be doubly pissed at the protesters for the PTSD I’d no doubt suffer if I injured or killed them in the process. Life isn’t all roses vs tanks, there are a million shades of gray in between and people like you and people who glue themselves to freeway road surfaces have no capacity for nuance. Is it any wonder most people don’t take you seriously in your endeavors? You’re just turning more reasonable people against yourselves.