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Protesters calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war block freeway in Seattle for several hours (apnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Philo@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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Can someone please calmly explain how blocking a freeway across an ocean and a country on a different continent, is supposed to have any effect on a political issue in the middle east?

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[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Blocking roads is not an effective protest, and rerouting ambulances is not as simple as you make it sound. I used to work dispatch, I would know.

[โ€“] verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

"blocking roads is not an effective protest" - source unknown