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In reply to the discussion: Parents stuck on I-40 during protest call paramedics to help young son [View all]karynnj
(59,475 posts)77. Blocking the highway does NOT make any police brutality less likely
nor will it win you many new supporters. What it does is provide an emotional outlet for people angered by what happened and it shows that many people think what happened wrong - and cared enough to get out there.
One question is whether organizers could find a means to do something that provides that emotional outlet and provides a positive way for people to show their concern that spreads the message that change is needed and actually gets people not yet concerned to join with those already engaged.
Could a concert or a rally in a public park be an alternative?
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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