Dozens of Jewish protesters and their allies were arrested on Wednesday morning after they blocked rush hour traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway to demand a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.

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[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm not really asking you to look it up or anything, but this gets parroted around a lot, and I wonder if there's actually any data to really support it or if it's just a statement that kinda sounds nice.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 15 points 9 months ago

I mean maybe not data but it's telling that almost every successful movement goes beyond the "quietly protest on the side of the road" step.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What does a non-disruptive protest even look like? The entire purpose of protest is to be disruptive, and every protest is disruptive in some way.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Adding a flag to your profile pic.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 9 months ago

I wouldn’t consider that a form of protest personally. Just a way of expressing support.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

This post itself provides a new data point as a piece of evidence to support that claim. There is a news article written about it, and we are talking about it.