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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A pro-Palestinian protest action briefly blocked all traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday morning.

Starting at about 7:45 a.m. Protesters stopped cars and stretched banners across the roadway denouncing Israel's bombing of Rafah in the Gaza Strip and demanding that the U.S. stop arming Israel.

Northbound and southbound traffic on the bridge was at a standstill as of 8 a.m.

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[-] sjmulder 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It’s absolutely acceptable. Driving isn’t some untouchable human right that goes above everything else and can’t yield to something else for a little bit.

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 7 points 9 months ago

I just question the effectiveness of it. We want more people to join the cause, but making them sit and listen to honking for 15 minutes might have the inverse effect.

Great for spreading awareness, though.

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Nah brah. There could be an ambulance carrying your child to a hospital in that queue.

Or a dude on its way to an interview after more than two years trying to land a job.

Or a person about to catch a flight.

So, not absolutely acceptable. No.

[-] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago

Or tens of thousands of children being slaughtered. Nah brah

[-] skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

How does this help though? It just makes people annoyed at protesters and, if anything, detracts from their cause. Protesting is great, blocking traffic is a criminal offence.

[-] gaael@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

If it prevents people from taking planes, that's a good thing climate and pollution wise.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Considering that the planes were still flying around empty when travel restrictions were in place, I don't think a few passengers caught in a traffic jam are going to keep the planes from taking off.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ghost-flights-pandemic-greenpeace-cmd/index.html

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Actually the right to travel is a human right. You are the oppressor in this because you are inflicting your will on everyone else.

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