Submitted by New_Analyst3510 t3_10odx8h in WorcesterMA
keepsitreal6969 t1_j6fhif1 wrote
Reply to comment by New_Analyst3510 in Justice for Tyre Nichols Worcester, Massachusetts at Kelly Square at 4:00 PM Tomorrow by New_Analyst3510
Good please be respectful in honor of this young man
Rob__T t1_j6gnz5l wrote
I thoroughly hate the implication here. It amounts to "Don't disrupt peoples' lives in honor of this young man." He died after a vicious brutal beating. A little traffic disruption for an evening is nothing in comparison to that.
your_city_councilor t1_j6j9w66 wrote
>A little traffic disruption for an evening
...is going to turn commuters against your cause. How does that help ensure justice?
New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6kuh9w wrote
It doesn't, almost everyone there was honking
your_city_councilor t1_j6lr65x wrote
You said you weren't disrupting traffic...
Rob__T t1_j6lyp8v wrote
I think the commuters survived.
New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6n34iy wrote
It's Kelly Square the same people have been driving here for the last 10 years and if they were driving here 10 years ago they can definitely survive the modern Kelly square with the protest going on some people just don't get it I guess though we did have one guy who shook his head at us at the protest I thought that was kind of strange but he probably was some kind of cop
New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6n303d wrote
It doesn't disrupt traffic, the people honk in support and continue about their ride
your_city_councilor t1_j6njzur wrote
I know. My point is that people would not be supportive if you did disrupt traffic.
New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6o3ay5 wrote
Okay and we're not so what's the problem
your_city_councilor t1_j6ocg2q wrote
This thread was about disrupting traffic.
Rob__T t1_j6jbj11 wrote
And I'm sure there's hard data that shows your assertion is valid, and that it's not just a general feeling you have that it's true?
Incidentally, as a general truth, major changes in institutional policy regarding race (or bigotry issues in general) have only come with disruption. The civil rights era of MLK was not just a bunch of people protesting quietly on a sidewalk, the abolition of slavery came with a war. So the idea that you seem to be presenting is based on some incorrect pretenses regarding being nondisruptive.
But in any case, my point wasn't "We should be actively seeking to disrupt traffic", but "Disruption to a commute due to a protest of yet another homicidal attack from police is absolutely acceptable, and trying to frame things as 'Don't do anything disruptive as a show of honor to this young man' is disgusting and self serving."
New_Analyst3510 OP t1_j6ga22v wrote
Absolutely I have hosted two protests for him already and both have been without issue
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