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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoApparantly, (in the US) any protest that needs to occupy the road requires a permit. Yea imagine how stupid it is, you want to protest the government and you need to apply for permission?!? I was shocked when my teacher told me about this. Seems like a huge First Amendment violation to me, but society just goes along with it. 😓
So unless your protest is strictly on the sidewalk, you need a permit. So fucking dumb.
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glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Depends how much money you have. Poor college students will have to follow the laws.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Technically it’s the same in France. I’ll let you figure how much that stops anyone…
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Some people say that French people have guillotines in their DNA 😅
pappabosley@lemm.ee 1 day ago
So that’s why they’re so car centric with their infrastructure, more sidewalls = more protests
Zink@programming.dev 1 day 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.
Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Well yeah, keep your dumbasses out the fucking street.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Public roadways are for travel.
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 1 day ago
that’s literally why blocking roads in protest is so effective. enough angry calls to the mayor office due to people being late for work etc, is how protesting puts pressure on representatives to actually represent the people.
or did you think that huddling on sidewalks holding signs was supposed to do something?
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Blocking roads in protest has proven effective at exactly one thing: Increasing the enforcement and penalties for jaywalking.
It is counterproductive at everything else.
did you think that huddling on sidewalks holding signs was supposed to do something?
Where did I say huddle on sidewalks?
I think JSO should be firebombing ICE car dealerships, gas stations, muffler shops, and other entities and agents of the oil industry. Not harassing victims of that industry.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Blocking roads in protest has proven effective at exactly one thing: Increasing the enforcement and penalties for jaywalking.
Well… no.
257m@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Jaywalking isn’t even illegal where I live.
257m@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
No shit sherlock.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
You say that. And yet, certain people need to be reminded of this simple fact.
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Your public travel is less important than peoples lives.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Me and my band of merry travelling protesters will just be on our way then.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day 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.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Its the same everywhere, doesn’t mean it’s not dumb but that’s how it is.
96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 day 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: www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights