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sarisataka

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31. Please forgive

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 06:33 PM

Jul 2016

If I am not quite understanding the finer points of protesting. However if your protest is not designed to get people to support you isn't the protest futile?

I can understand getting people talking about an issue. There are three possible outcomes to their discussion. 1 they understand the point of your protest and choose to support the cause you are advocating. 2 they disagree with you reject your cause and will then oppose it. Or 3 they will continue to be indifferent.

Only one of those three outcomes is beneficial to the protesters, assuming they wish to change the status quo.

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Black Lives Matter protesters block a road in Carbondale, get hit by a car [View all] BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 OP

Ya know, i really do not understand the blocking of highways. A city street maybe, but a highway tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

Unless you're Chris Christie of course n/t malaise Jul 2016 #42

Now that tub of lard is one my F-150 would have a hard time stopping for. gordianot Jul 2016 #53

Edmund Petus Bridge is a highway. Jim Beard Jul 2016 #57

Or an emergency vehicle getting to a hospital. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #2

My parents taught me to not play in traffic at a pretty young age GummyBearz Jul 2016 #3

Seems we shared parents. 840high Jul 2016 #33

Kindergarten taught me the relevant difference between 'civil protest' and 'playing'. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #45

I think some people should have been encouraged to play in traffic puffy socks Jul 2016 #51

Don't the protesters know how inconvenient it is? gratuitous Jul 2016 #4

Civil disobedience targeted the guilty. Igel Jul 2016 #5

I imagine many people maintain the pretense of being wise enough to tell the difference LanternWaste Jul 2016 #46

if someone did it to them, they would be extremely angry Skittles Jul 2016 #16

Did MLK block highways? Did Gandhi? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #38

Mandela did a lot more than block highways. Did MLK ever condemn blocking traffic? JustinL Jul 2016 #50

ever consider that the patient dying in an ambulance on a blocked road might be African American? nt jtunes Jul 2016 #54

Please gratuitous Jul 2016 #55

I am surprised it doesn't happen more often. yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #6

Play stupid games... win stupid prizes. Heeeeers Johnny Jul 2016 #7

#hondalivesmatter Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #8

Knew this would happen sooner or later. romanic Jul 2016 #9

Wondering if the above responses reflect liberal orientation HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #10

If it was an LGBT protest, BLM would have shut that down as well Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #11

Thanks for ignoring my question, but, FYI all the groups mentioned have gone to the street HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #12

Except when groups like Act-Up started the tactic of BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #14

Short answer: Nope. Here is a news report from 1989, ACT UP blocks NYC streets at Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #13

Protesting was a pretty common approach to social problems for liberals all my life HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #15

Oh, I'm used to DU having strong reactions to disruptive protest, I've been castigated Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #23

+1,000 n/t malaise Jul 2016 #43

I don't think protesting in the middle of the road/highway is advisable for anyone Skittles Jul 2016 #17

Or if it was Mario Savio saying it, instead of those other people? gratuitous Jul 2016 #28

You know how many times I've seen road rage? davidn3600 Jul 2016 #18

Hope they are ok. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #19

That's the whole fucking point of a protest zz-la Jul 2016 #20

Making people late for work is one thing. Blocking access for emergency vehicles is another. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #21

Do you think the people made late for jobs or family events Lee-Lee Jul 2016 #22

It's not for seeking supporters, it's for getting people to talk about the issue they have Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #24

Please forgive sarisataka Jul 2016 #31

Okay, but once that discussion has begun you want them to come to a supportive conclusion. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #34

And what they're going to be talking about is how those asshats effed-up their day. WillowTree Jul 2016 #40

Some of the Black Lives Matter protesters have been run over, intentionally KMOD Jul 2016 #25

+1000 gollygee Jul 2016 #27

I have a feeling some here are members of the cheering squad tenderfoot Jul 2016 #30

Protests are messy, and protests work gollygee Jul 2016 #26

How does keeping people TeddyR Jul 2016 #52

It brings the issue to people's attention gollygee Jul 2016 #61

See posts 36 and 39 below TeddyR Jul 2016 #63

These kinds of protests have historically worked gollygee Jul 2016 #64

Now that Bernie is out of the race, we can critique BLM tactics without being called racist. arcane1 Jul 2016 #29

i support civil disobedience. I am not sure what Bernie has to do with any of this. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #35

I do too. arcane1 Jul 2016 #44

That is a nice change. Vattel Jul 2016 #56

Darwins Theory is alive and well. Lil Missy Jul 2016 #32

I love your sig line. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #47

Works with humans too ..... Lil Missy Jul 2016 #48

did you get that line from Amanda? nt jtunes Jul 2016 #59

I have no idea who that is. So no. Lil Missy Jul 2016 #68

Counter-productive SuperDutyTX Jul 2016 #36

Well said. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #37

If some group blocks the highway and makes me get stuck in traffic for 4 hours, Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #39

Is there a actual news source or just whistler162 Jul 2016 #41

Video at link. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #49

Blocking the highway DAMAGES the BLM cause. PlanetaryOrbit Jul 2016 #58

It seems for some breathing damages the BLM cause, when other activist groups have done similar uponit7771 Jul 2016 #62

Blocking highways is not a great tactic Warpy Jul 2016 #60

EarlG: The American tradition of inconveniencing motorists... pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #65

+1000 !!! Nt gollygee Jul 2016 #66

For the claims of 'but, but, muh ambulances!' Lancero Jul 2016 #67

Is the driver okay? NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #69