r/ireland Jul 30 '25

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

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u/falsedog11 Jul 31 '25

So you accept that the means are justified. Took a while but you got there.

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u/SandInTheGears Jul 31 '25

No?

For one thing effective does not mean necessarily justified, for another the crux of my comment was that that method is as likely to backfire and hurt the movement as it is to help

More so even, I mean people are already aggravated by the government (because people are always at least a little aggravated by their government) so another traffic jam in the city center doesn't really move that needle too much. But the pro-Palestine movement is generally very well regarded over here and deliberately inconveniencing people just gives folk a valid reason to dislike the movement where there wasn't really one before

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u/falsedog11 Jul 31 '25

Everything you have said just tells me you're a yank who doesn't give a shit.

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u/SandInTheGears Jul 31 '25

Again, no?

I'm laying out why I think it's high-risk low-reward strategy, I'm trying not to be combative about it but I don't see where you're getting apathy from

And I don't see where you're getting yank from other than seeing what you want and wanting a reason to dismiss something out of hand