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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
*SHOULD* he have done that? Probably not - It was pretty clearly antagonizing the protestors, but you cannot tell me that laying in the middle of an unclosed public road is a responsible thing to do either. They should be in front of a building protesting or something, not laying down in a road blocking traffic.
I'm ok with people's right to protest, but I think it's done better here. People don't just block public roads by laying down on them or block entire highways because "black lives matter" - they get schedule and get permits for marches through cities, along with police escorts. Both the far left and the far right do it this way. Doing it like that doesn't "raise awareness", it just makes THEM look like assholes for making people late.
Taxi drivers did it the wrong way here about a week ago - they blocked off 3 major cities during morning rush hour to protest uber. Now everyone here hates taxi drivers.
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The Boston Tea Party wasn't the "responsible" thing to do either.. Maybe healthcare isn't a "life" or "death" issue to you k0nr4d, but is IS to some people. For some people losing their health insurance WILL BE a death sentence. Would you not go to the streets if someone was sentencing you to death to save someone else a little money? You think it's ok do kill people in order to save some people tax money?
This is what Trump and Republicans are doing. We already know the numbers.. 20 million WILL lose their coverage under the GOP's plan the 1st year. Many of those people WILL die because they lost that coverage. Now we are seeing they are cutting medicaid which means millions of seniors/disabled will not have money for nursing homes/medical care.
This is people's lives k0nr4d.. because some dick head who posts on GFY was a bit inconvenienced because he couldn't drive up a street the wrong way doesn't make him a hero.. It makes him a fucking dick just like it makes people supporting him a dick when they don't take a moment to understand WHY those people were on the street.
Just because it's not an issue to you doesn't mean it doesn't drastically affect other people.. Millions of people. This isn't a minor inconvenience for many people, it's a drastic issue which requires blocking streets if they think that will help have their voice heard..