Should it be legal to drag road blockers away?

[dead0man]

No. They are annoying but the right to assemble is a key part of our democracy. If a peaceful protest, even if annoying, can be disrupted by force or threat of force, we're no better than any third world country. Annoying speech and annoying protests should be protected.

you don't have the right to deny me my civil rights 'cause you're big mad, I'm 100% dragging your ass and I'd recommend not resisting too much.

[dead0man]

No. They are annoying but the right to assemble is a key part of our democracy. If a peaceful protest, even if annoying, can be disrupted by force or threat of force, we're no better than any third world country. Annoying speech and annoying protests should be protected.

you don't have the right to deny me my civil rights 'cause you're big mad, I'm 100% dragging your ass and I'd recommend not resisting too much.

I mean hey, you can just say "I want an excuse to harm college kids." You don't have to mask it in "my poor civil rights are being because of an inconvenience." Just take the mask off, you know?

I disagree

[dead0man]

Yes, a protest can be held on the sides of a road instead.  You should never be able to block a road - what if a emergency vehicle needed to get through it?

No, but they should be arrested, and held responsible for involuntary manslaughter if someone died because they needed medical care and either the ambulance or the road that the hospital is on was blocked.

these are good arguments, but the "denying the civil rights of others" is way more than enough.

[dead0man]

Are they all college kids then?

yeah, good point.  Also, in what way is blocking people from going where they want to go "peaceful"?  Have they never met another human being before?  Other than those of us with a strong sheep gene (about 43% of us), the rest of us tend to get a little upset if we are denied movement for no good reason.  The longer it lasts, the more upset we get.  A peaceful protest can NOT deny the movement of people not involved in the protest and remain peaceful.  Period.

[dead0man]

TIL standing in a road holding a sign is violence.

preventing someone from going where they want to go is way more violent than words (ya know, because of the inherent physicality of it), where do you stand on that issue?  Do you think blocking women from entering an abortion clinic is a valid protest?  Should union members be able to block scabs?  Should white be able to block black children from going to school?  All of these are easy for me because I believe you can't deny someone their civil rights to go where they are legally allowed to go.  Some people pick and chose who gets civil rights and when.

[dead0man]

To those who voted no would you be fine with someone going close up as possible with the car and just honking?

some of our redsavs thinks it's fine if they do it to legal protest with a train horn

[dead0man]

Its pretty frightening that a majority of this forum support physical assault of people that are annoying.

well no one is doing that for people being "annoying", do you want to try again?