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31. Understand your concern.

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 10:48 AM

Jul 2016

We have encountered the same situation here in our homestate every single summer. For some reason people feel compelled to go to the shore on these 2 lane roads and the traffic is backed up into the neighboring state and every single time we go ambulances have to be accomodated and are accomodated. Somehow... They get their job done, right?

So why dont people think before going to the beach? Amirite? Do we stop beach goers just in case theres a life-threatening emergency? Do we shut our kids up in the house so they dont get hit by a car?

Of course not.

I hope the child is safe.

The article is shit. The concern trolls should just come out and say they dont believe BLM should have the right to peaceful protests. Anywhere. A medical emergency can happen on a street also. They would be assholes for believing that but at least they'd be honest assholes.

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Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all] TipTok Jul 2016 OP

There's value in protesting in the streets Blue_Adept Jul 2016 #1

For some, what we do has unintended consequences. Igel Jul 2016 #5

"what we do has unintended consequences" Phlem Jul 2016 #58

so heaven05 Jul 2016 #2

Would you have cared if the child died? NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #3

yes heaven05 Jul 2016 #4

So old sayings mean it's ok DustyJoe Jul 2016 #16

turn the other cheek heaven05 Jul 2016 #23

Anger's justified. Igel Jul 2016 #8

your correction heaven05 Jul 2016 #11

Using that amazing logic... TipTok Jul 2016 #14

Sure. Protest. But do it in a way that effects christx30 Jul 2016 #9

idiots? heaven05 Jul 2016 #15

Yes... idiots.... TipTok Jul 2016 #19

you truly heaven05 Jul 2016 #24

The bubble where we understand 2nd and 3rd order effects? TipTok Jul 2016 #29

Protesting in an adverse manner is not going to advance the cause liberal N proud Jul 2016 #13

if they are not "won over" by now heaven05 Jul 2016 #20

Hating the people marching is going to have a negative effect liberal N proud Jul 2016 #26

The protests are stupid and dangerous. christx30 Jul 2016 #28

I DO NOT NEED heaven05 Jul 2016 #30

Yeah that sounds about right... TipTok Jul 2016 #35

thank you heaven05 Jul 2016 #38

If you were so concerned... TipTok Jul 2016 #43

And that very additude is why the protestors christx30 Jul 2016 #74

been fighting heaven05 Jul 2016 #82

No one is suggesting that you can't or shouldn't fight for equal right... TipTok Jul 2016 #95

still fighting heaven05 Jul 2016 #104

So many words... TipTok Jul 2016 #107

so few words heaven05 Jul 2016 #108

Blocking the highway does NOT make any police brutality less likely karynnj Jul 2016 #77

The attempt to bring down white wrath against the protesters is because the protesters, Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #94

So you just want your bitch fest and R.A. Ganoush Jul 2016 #76

strategic objectives heaven05 Jul 2016 #80

So if a majority of whites don't care R.A. Ganoush Jul 2016 #92

and heaven05 Jul 2016 #81

People don't. Racists do. There's nothing to be said beyond that. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #96

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #59

Well said n/t OhioChick Jul 2016 #93

They can protest 24/7 but is it too much to ask to stay off highways and yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #18

good that there were open routes the authorities & ambulance could use. Sunlei Jul 2016 #6

I had a friend on his way to airport to get to his mom Lance Bass esquire Jul 2016 #7

Your friend is a badass. romanic Jul 2016 #10

The protesters are usualling willing to 'pay' that cost... TipTok Jul 2016 #12

Protesters are paying a cost. peace13 Jul 2016 #22

He could have accomplished the same without losing his temper... peace13 Jul 2016 #21

You are right, peace13.A lot of energy's spent trying to devaluate the protesters, it won't work.n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #97

Probably could not have accomplished christx30 Jul 2016 #109

Ummm...it is reported that the people did move... peace13 Jul 2016 #110

I'm talking about the previous story christx30 Jul 2016 #111

Good luck with that. peace13 Jul 2016 #112

I'm with your friend. 840high Jul 2016 #63

I'd like your friend. hamsterjill Jul 2016 #106

Let's work on solving problems before people have to TAKE it to the streets. peace13 Jul 2016 #17

If all protests are contingent upon any innocent citizen possibly being harmed jalan48 Jul 2016 #25

I understand the need for peaceful protests... Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #27

You know medical emergencies occur on streets also, don't you? katsy Jul 2016 #32

No. Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #34

No. Difference. At. All. katsy Jul 2016 #39

I live on the jersey shore... Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #41

It's ok as long as someone else bears the burden... TipTok Jul 2016 #45

So protesting should be unconstitutional katsy Jul 2016 #46

The right to protest isn't universal... TipTok Jul 2016 #48

I concede that point. katsy Jul 2016 #53

Hmm... TipTok Jul 2016 #62

😂😂😂 katsy Jul 2016 #75

Understand your concern. katsy Jul 2016 #31

The difference is... Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #36

Yeah well the constitutional right to protest katsy Jul 2016 #40

What? Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #42

Exactly apnu Jul 2016 #47

The problem is the constitution doesnt guarantee katsy Jul 2016 #50

I 100% agree and am 100% behind their goals. Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #51

katsy - Great point - all of your posts on this thread JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #54

The Pettus Bridge reference mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #61

No I don't JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #68

Once stuff gets on the internet, anyone can read it. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #72

In the future JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #73

"... the {C}onstitutional right to protest...." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #52

Nice... TipTok Jul 2016 #65

Chris Christie shows us you can JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #69

X 1000 peace13 Jul 2016 #99

I just want to make sure I have this straight ripcord Jul 2016 #33

the plethora of like posts concerned about medical emergencies during L.A. rush hour is deafening... LanternWaste Jul 2016 #37

The point is.. Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #44

Justifying a deliberate condition by comparing it to an unavoidable one is fallacious LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #55

getting shot by the cops because you are black is inconvenient too dembotoz Jul 2016 #49

Protesting in the highways didn't do jackshit before romanic Jul 2016 #56

I think if a protester is willing to do time Lance Bass esquire Jul 2016 #57

so, what was wrong with the child? heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #60

Why does it matter? TipTok Jul 2016 #66

Apparently the incident has now been turned, in that inevitable internet way, mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #67

That's a different story... TipTok Jul 2016 #70

My bad. Sometimes there are so many alarming (but false) stories making the rounds that mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #71

No matter how much you support BLM, if you lose your sick child mainer Jul 2016 #64

It doesn't have to be either your constitutional rights or safety. katsy Jul 2016 #78

BLM must make accomadations for people christx30 Jul 2016 #79

Not true. katsy Jul 2016 #83

Most people have daily lives they need to do, christx30 Jul 2016 #84

Ahhh of course katsy Jul 2016 #88

If you have cable tv, phone or Internet problems, christx30 Jul 2016 #90

Yes i have defended the tea partier's rights katsy Jul 2016 #91

I really disagree with you about this anigbrowl Jul 2016 #98

Oh, BLM are the bad guys now because they stopped traffic anigbrowl Jul 2016 #89

Please name a good place for a peaceful protest. peace13 Jul 2016 #103

Pretty tone deaf of the protestors bluestateguy Jul 2016 #85

Kinda like Christie having the New Jersey Bridge shut down... heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #86

a grassroots political movement and the governor of a state have very different kinds of power anigbrowl Jul 2016 #101

police officers and protesters quickly cleared the road, heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #87

Maybe so ... peace13 Jul 2016 #100

That's completely useful, helpful, and interesting. Welcome to D.U., heresAthingdotcom. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #102

like the ambulance driver said, similar to to their routine traffic accident calls Sunlei Jul 2016 #105