Blocking a Highway Is Not a Legitimate or Effective Form of Protest

[GURPS]

"One lane, I'm asking one lane," a man begged the protesters, who had stationed themselves in a row across I-495. "I'm going to jail for what you're doing."

That man, caught on video by T.J. Jones for the company News2Share, explained that he is on parole and would be re-incarcerated if he was late for work. The clip shows him growing increasingly desperate and confrontational; he was eventually arrested by Maryland State Troopers.





So while we still have no official climate emergency, we do have a bystander who may have just lost his freedom for the foreseeable future because he was prohibited from getting to his job by people who were illegally blocking a public interstate.

 

[SamSpade]

THIS kind of protest - I don't get. I mean, it gets attention, I get that. Ten people carrying signs doesn't make the news - ten people blocking the interstate DOES.

But one thing it doesn't do - it doesn't win people over. If people didn't like you before, they will HATE you now.

 

[Kyle]

THIS kind of protest - I don't get. I mean, it gets attention, I get that. Ten people carrying signs doesn't make the news - ten people blocking the interstate DOES.

But one thing it doesn't do - it doesn't win people over. If people didn't like you before, they will HATE you now.

They aren't' trying to win people over.

They intend to make a complete nuisance of themselves until everyone just says "Fine, whateverthehell to shut you up!" and gives in like their parents did.

 

[SamSpade]

They aren't' trying to win people over.

They intend to make a complete nuisance of themselves until everyone just says "Fine, whateverthehell to shut you up!" and gives in like their parents did.

It must have worked with their parents, because they clearly have no idea how adults react in the rest of the world.

Even when MY kids badger me - I explain to them very carefully - that I never want them to think if they just BOTHER ME ENOUGH, I will cave - and that if they KEEP PESTERING ME, the answer will be "No - FOREVER" because I can't let them get in the habit of doing it. We do cave into the dog sometimes, because she is too stupid to figure it out.

When adults are obnoxious - or destructive - it doesn't make me want to capitulate. It makes me want to thump their asses. And to fight whatever they want, because if *******s are protesting in favor of it, it must be bad.

 

[glhs837]

Wait wait so there were police available to arrest him but not police available to drag these idiots off the f****** highway? Exactly what part of policing are we f****** up here?

 

[PeoplesElbow]

The reason I keep a pink T-ball bat and clown mask in my vehicle.

 

[Kyle]

The reason I keep a pink T-ball bat and clown mask in my vehicle.

I would have guessed that was part of Anthony Weiners Tinder profile.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I would have guessed that was part of Anthony Weiners Tinder profile.

Either way a big guy coming toward you wearing a clown mask holding a pink bat is gonna make someone run away.

 

[glhs837]

Drag them off, cuff them to the guard rail, get traffic flowing, then process the shits. Not sure what part of this is too hard for the cops.

"You are blocking a public thoroughfare, which is illegal. You have two minutes to clear the roadway, after which whatever lever of force is required to remove you will be used."

If we dont start doing this, people are going to die. Or should I say keep dying, as people already have from this BS in other places.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Too bad they didnt clash with the jackasses on ATVs that take over the beltway occasionally.

 

[GURPS]

 

[TPD]

That sad part about this video is no one else got out of their cars to help this man get the a.s.sholes out of the road, not even the trucker. So to answer the question that keeps popping up on these forums - "when will we, America, stand up and fight?" - NEVER!! A bunch of pussies we all are. This is just so sickening it pisses me off! STAND UP YOU F.U.KING PUSSIES AND FIGHT BACK OR IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!!!!!

 

[herb749]

That sad part about this video is no one else got out of their cars to help this man get the a.s.sholes out of the road, not even the trucker. So to answer the question that keeps popping up on these forums - "when will we, America, stand up and fight?" - NEVER!! A bunch of pussies we all are. This is just so sickening it pisses me off! STAND UP YOU F.U.KING PUSSIES AND FIGHT BACK OR IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!!!!!

I'm sure all those in their cars had their phones out recording, ready to catch the cops doing something wrong.

 

[Hijinx]

Wait wait so there were police available to arrest him but not police available to drag these idiots off the f****** highway? Exactly what part of policing are we f****** up here?

I believe that is Montgomery County and even the Police there are "woke".

 

[PeoplesElbow]

That sad part about this video is no one else got out of their cars to help this man get the a.s.sholes out of the road, not even the trucker. So to answer the question that keeps popping up on these forums - "when will we, America, stand up and fight?" - NEVER!! A bunch of pussies we all are. This is just so sickening it pisses me off! STAND UP YOU F.U.KING PUSSIES AND FIGHT BACK OR IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!!!!!

Would it be worth getting arrested? What are these *******s protesting over anyway?

 

[Sneakers]

The reason no one steps up is because no one else has their backs. The instant they touch one of the protesters they will be arrested and their lives ruined forever, just like the poor guy who didn't even touch anyone. The cops are on the side of the protesters right now, not the side of right.

Sit down, shut up, be passive and you might get home in one piece.

 

[GURPS]

would the action of despencing some 45 cal justice be worth the prison sentence

 

[Hijinx]

It's like removing a turtle from the road for it's own good.
People should be allowed and commended for removing these people for their own good.
Get out and move them ,if they resist , defend yourself and kick their ass.

There is no excuse for allowing the mentally ill to block America's Highways.

 

[Kyle]

Zip tie them two at a time, ankles to wrists, back to back, and toss them over the guard rail.

 

[Sneakers]

Send an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens blasting to clear a path. Arrest anyone that doesn't move.