• e$tGyr#J2pqM8v
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        294 months ago

        You don’t need a permit to march in the streets or on sidewalks, as long as marchers don’t obstruct car or pedestrian traffic. And that makes a lot of sense because if you block a road perhaps emergency services need to know ahead of time that they can’t take that route. Or others concerns may be relevant. For the very same reasons this is similar in countries around the world. Source: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights

      • @pappabosley@lemm.ee
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        124 months ago

        So that’s why they’re so car centric with their infrastructure, more sidewalls = more protests

        • @Zink@programming.dev
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          54 months ago

          I think it’s probably like more roads = more permits needed to protest.

          I’m in the US and all too familiar with how car centric our infrastructure is. On top of the permit thing, our angry rushed populace will demonize you for protesting anything if you’re blocking the road to do it. You could be giving CPR to a toddler and within minutes some emotional support truck would be running you over or rolling coal in your face.

              • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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                4 months ago

                You would have a point if “protesting” was “life”. But it’s not.

                When demonstrators were pissed off at Elon Musk, they didn’t picket grocery stores and kindergartens. they didnt blockade old folks homes, delay firefighters and ambulances.

                They burned Tesla dealerships.

                JSO could learn a thing or two from these anti-Musk demonstrators.

          • @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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            24 months ago

            Excellent.

            Might I suggest that instead of targeting fellow victims for undue harassment, you direct your attention toward the actual perpetrators and their supporters? For environmental causes, might I suggest some sort of shop where an oil-based product like gasoline or diesel fuel is sold? Perhaps an entity that sells or services the vehicles that consume those fuels.

            Perhaps you could publish a manifesto telling the public and these businesses alike what businesses need to do in order to avoid Molotov-flavored “civil disobedience”. Things like “a majority of the cars on a dealer’s lot must be EVs” and “EVs should be priced lower than comparable ICE vehicles”. Or “fuel stations should have at least as many charging stations as fuel pumps”.

            When you publish your manifesto, make sure it gets sent to insurance companies, preferably the companies insuring the businesses responsible for the environmental catastrophe we are facing.

            We have enough laws against public use of the street. There is no need to demonstrate for more.