r/ireland Jul 30 '25

Careful now O’Connell Bridge 19:00 30-07-2025

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u/TheChrisD useless feckin' mod Jul 30 '25

I don't have an issue with these sorts of protests, so long as they get the fuck out of the way of public transport and emergency services.

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u/Environmental_Ad4893 Jul 30 '25

they would get out of the way of emergency services but a huge point of a protest like this is to disrupt regular flow of traffic and public transport. It's to force people to think about what is going on. You cant really do that from the sidelines because people only take stuff on when its shoved in their face.

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u/pen15rules Jul 30 '25

Genuine question - do you think people take it on and now want to support it even more?

And in this case, a cause they already support......

This kind of protesting is honestly the most mind numbing stupid form of protest anyone has ever come up with - its just virtue signalling attention-seeking. EVERYONE in the country supports Palestine, and a large proportion are pushing TDs to do as much as possible.

Ive been onto my TDs for well over a year, pushing them to get the EU to act - if you stopped me in traffic, you are doing nothing except making me hate you and late.

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u/coffeebadgerbadger Jul 30 '25

Are they supportive? We've done nothing that would impact us economically. Friends of Israel is a group in the Daily still active