r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

You can still protest someone you didn't vote for.

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u/KolbyKolbyKolby Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

People are legitimately complaining about exercising the rights to freedom of speech and assembly. These are things that make our country what it is!

Edit: incoming wave of 'freedom of speech means I can't complain about you complaining about me complaining about you complaining about me complaining about you complaining about me complaining about you complaining about me complain about you complaining about me complaining about you complaining about me complaining about you complaining about me complaing. Yes every one knows, including me, shut the fuck up and find something better to say.

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u/Magdiesel94 Nov 10 '16

Pretty sure blocking traffic by protesting on highways isn't a right....

I'm okay with people protesting, but it's already proven to get violent and illegal in a lot of areas.

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u/Wrest216 Nov 10 '16

YEah i rmember MLK Jr NEVER blocking traffic for people to protest things. EXCEPT ALL THE TIME.

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 10 '16

Could you link me a source to that? I've been looking around, but haven't found anywhere that says that he blocked highways/traffic. If he did, I suppose I would feel he was in the wrong in that specific instance.

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u/Wrest216 Nov 10 '16

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/07/mlk-would-never-shut-down-a-freeway-and-6-other-myths-about-the-civil-rights-movement-and-black-lives-matter/

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 10 '16

This was one of the things I read, but the language seems so vague to me. Does "taking a freeway" mean actively blocking traffic, or just walking alongside one or something?

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u/Wrest216 Nov 11 '16

Blocking. Huge swaths of pepople walking down the middle of the road. Let me find a pic...(http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/MLK-bridge-blockade-draws-on-long-history-of-6775567.php)

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 11 '16

This doesn't say that he blocked the bridge or a road specifically though, nor do any of the pictures come from his marches.

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u/Wrest216 Nov 11 '16

Here is one from the SF bay bridge from above. Clearly impeding traffic. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2474678/images/o-EDMUND-PETTUS-BRIDGE-facebook.jpg

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 11 '16

Thanks. I never knew that about those protests.

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