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

I have a real problem with this, and I've been on both sides of it. It really doesn't do anything to help your cause by having people stuck in traffic. There are many reasons that someone could be in their car at that moment, not just commuting to or from a job. They could be on their way to a court appointment, they could have dinner in the car, they could be going to pick their child up from school, they could be on their way to a doctor's appointment, or any of a million other reasons that make this not just an inconvenience, but a complete shithead thing for someone to put someone else through. Protestors aren't making their case against the war by pissing off every person stuck in traffic, they are just being dickheads. If you want to protest a war, go hang out outside of a government building, or in front of an elected official's house. Make them feel uncomfortable, not some poor schmuck who has somewhere else to be at the moment.

Edit: Ok, I guess I need to give a peaceful example. You want to block traffic? Block the exits to the parking garage where the elected officials park downtown. Do that for a week and see how much of an impact you make. Blocking commuters is a waste of energy.

ITT- You're allowed your first amendment right to protest war crimes, just not where I can see or be inconvenienced. Because all of the civil rights and anti war protests in the past 70 years that were truly successful were very polite and inconvenienced no one.

Nice.

If Americans want the protests to stop, they should stop supporting genocide.

Unfortunately any protest in the US is at best constrained to stopping future weapons shipments to Israel. But as Netanyahu has already shown he doesn’t care what Biden has to say, the US is unlikely to be able to stop them from continuing to use the weapons they already have.

Direct action is super based.

Can't wait to watch all the redditors who mostly don't commute or don't drive have a collective aneurysm over this.

Is this comments section: "fuck shit up, society isn't working," vs "follow the rules when you protest, that's how you make change happen."

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.

ITT: car-brains who think being inconvenienced justifies murder

First Past The Post voting ensures these people remain unrepresented in the political process. We must pass electoral reform in each of our states so we can have more people represented.

Things like this are merely performative and will only make enemies, not enact change anyway

Full speed ahead boys 🤣

FOR THE FINAL TIME: This doesn't make people get your message! It just makes you look like an asshole for blocking traffic.

I support any protest that blocks car traffic. The fact that the protesters are protesting something important is a nice bonus.

I don't care what you're protesting. But it should be done in a way where I don't have to hear about it or see it.