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In reply to the discussion: Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all]katsy
(4,246 posts)39. No. Difference. At. All.
The shoreline in the NE is trecherous and always backef up and it is almost impossible to navigate in summer. But it gets done because emergency planning works. Ambulances are accomodated.
Here is what doesn't work: a democracy based on your convenience.
You can't curtail the right to protest. Full. Stop.
Prepare for emergencies and all parties must be on biard with that. But you don't ever fuck with the right to protest. Ever.
Unless your emercency services are manned by fukwits, deal with it.
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Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all]
TipTok
Jul 2016
OP
The attempt to bring down white wrath against the protesters is because the protesters,
Judi Lynn
Jul 2016
#94
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
the plethora of like posts concerned about medical emergencies during L.A. rush hour is deafening...
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#37
Justifying a deliberate condition by comparing it to an unavoidable one is fallacious
LongtimeAZDem
Jul 2016
#55
Apparently the incident has now been turned, in that inevitable internet way,
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2016
#67
My bad. Sometimes there are so many alarming (but false) stories making the rounds that
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2016
#71
a grassroots political movement and the governor of a state have very different kinds of power
anigbrowl
Jul 2016
#101
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