Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities

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Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities
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There has got to be a way to do this without hurting regular people.

Like I agree with the protestors 100%... but trapping people on a bridge? Blocking traffic? That's dangerous and irresponsible.

Direct action and disruption is necessary, but this is absolutely the wrong way to do it.

"Lol, sorry we couldn't get a firetruck to your burning apartment building, the road was blocked."

They actually have a specific procedure for getting emergency vehicles through. These guys aren't blocking firetrucks.

Nothing like exercising your right to protest by infringing on everyone else's right to travel freely.

I'm still curious as to how people think a ceasefire will help, when historically letting terrorists proliferate has the opposite effect and only spreads more islamic terrorism and even more deaths long term. Do people really want to keep this revolving door of teaching palestinian children to murder their neighbors?

Liberalism: Every protest is in history was righteous, except for the current one which affects me.

Leftism: The proletariat harming the proletariat is worse than ineffective, it is self-defeating.

Maybe as leftists, we should protest against the bourgeoisie instead of each other, but that might inconvenience some people.

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