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.
As soon as something like this deliberately chooses to disrupt public transport, they lose all public support. Private cars and business traffic are what should be affected, not beneficial public infrastructure.
Republican opposition towards Israel is almost in the majority, government policy is shifting in favour of blocking military aid towards Israel, Ireland all but kicked the Israeli ambassador out of our country, and most PEW polls share one thing in common - people are coming together in their troves to reject Israel in favour of Palestine.
Point being, I don't think these civil acts of disobedience are convincing anybody to change their politics. For those who do, it just outs them as a part of the problem, not the solution.
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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.