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Shutting Down Freeways (the 101)?

Protests that inconvenience no one can and will be easily ignored.
 
Phys251 said:
Then you understand that people practicing civil disobedience have rights. Now apply that to the LA freeway blockers and you're all set!
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Difference. Violence and the number being disrupted. Also, Citizens vs. Non-Citizens.
 
TangoNoCash said:
Protests that inconvenience no one can and will be easily ignored.
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If nobody cares about it maybe they shouldn't be allowed to do it.


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Bodi said:
Apparently to you location matters... are you changing your mind now or are there exceptions? You seemed to want to call me out and now you are kinds backing down. Did I make your point seem silly?
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Your question was
"Do I qualify as relevant to you?"

My answer was
"Does it matter?"

The rest is you deciding I was answering some other question.


Bodi said:
But even though you have never been to Gaza you are free to comment about it? Kinda a double standard, is it not?
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I occasionally try to refrain from making statements which rely on my personal knowledge or experience when there is something better available
 
Bodi said:
If nobody cares about it maybe they shouldn't be allowed to do it.


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You don't think people should be allowed to protest. That's sad.
 
TangoNoCash said:
You don't think people should be allowed to protest. That's sad.
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We are talking about protesting on the freeway. You said maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to do it. What did I miss? Were they just protesting the wrong way in your eyes? The entire point of protest is to create a presence people can’t ignore.
 
TangoNoCash said:
We are talking about protesting on the freeway. You said maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to do it.
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Yeah, on the freeway. Maybe they should not be allowed to protest on the Freeway. What is wrong with that?

TangoNoCash said:
What did I miss? Were they just protesting the wrong way in your eyes? The entire point of protest is to create a presence people can’t ignore.
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Blocking freeways is illegal.


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Simon W. Moon said:
lol

So, it's not about the numbers, but the location?

Disrupt millions of lives, but just not on the freeway.
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If it is not on the freeway how would they be disrupting millions of lives?

And Blocking traffic is not legal. Tee-hee hee.
 
Bodi said:
Yeah, on the freeway. Maybe they should not be allowed to protest on the Freeway. What is wrong with that?



Blocking freeways is illegal.


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Protesting not in a designated free speech zone is illegal. What's your point?
 
Bodi said:

Utter bullshit. Literally millions of people having their lives disrupted because of these treasonous sons of bitches... they should all be arrested, and immigration status checked.


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Lol you would have argued for deporting MLK Jr for clogging up the streets of Selma.

Or the Boston Tea Party for causing the minor inconvenience of throwing someone else's tea logistical supply chain into disarray.

Or hell, crying for the families of Redcoats whose lives were disrupted.

And you don't think kidnapping people off the streets disrupts people's ****ing lives also?
 

Half the people who grow your food are criminals. You seriously want to deport them all?
 
TangoNoCash said:
Protesting not in a designated free speech zone is illegal. What's your point?
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Blocking freeways disrupts millions of people and should not be tolerated...


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multivita-man said:
Half the people who grow your food are criminals. You seriously want to deport them all?
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Where did I say deport them? They should all just be granted Citizenship.


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StillBallin75 said:
Lol you would have argued for deporting MLK Jr for clogging up the streets of Selma.
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Where did I once mention the term Deported?


Not millions of citizens... maybe that illegal immigrant's life?
 
Bodi said:
If it is not on the freeway how would they be disrupting millions of lives?
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Someone creative could probably come up with lots of ways.

Is there an acceptable way to disrupt the lives of millions of people in protest?



Bodi said:
And Blocking traffic is not legal. Tee-hee hee.
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I thought it was understood and taken for granted that by its very nature, Civil DISobedience often involves breaking the law.

But, glad to have you bring it up for any listeners in the back who were unaware of what civil disobedience involves
 
Phys251 said:
Ah, so you get your talking points from AM radio. That explains a lot.



Very few if any are doing that. For those who might be, isn't that what 2A is for?
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Hates AM radio but endorses the actions that will have everyone listening to AM radio on the freeway stuck in traffic for five hours.

That's called giving Democrats enough rope to hang themselves with.
 
Bodi said:
Where did I say deport them? They should all just be granted Citizenship..
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Well they're not law-abiding citizens, according to your test.

Why should they be granted citizenship? On what grounds?

Maybe there's an intermediate step, which is to improve the immigration system to accommodate this apparent gap in the labor market, or continue looking the other way like we have for years because we know that their labor is more important than our legal purity.
 
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