Protesters blocked lane of SH1 at Wellington's Terrace Tunnel
Protesters blocked lane of SH1 at Wellington's Terrace Tunnel
Three protesters blocked the southbound lane of the Terrace Tunnel on Wellington's urban motorway.
It was only a matter of time before an irate tradie threw hands at them.
We don't get paid to sit in traffic.
What really stands out with these incidents is that all the handwringing against the protests themselves and how they should be 'doing it the right way' is total bullshit.
Turns out direct action (up to and including violence) is justified... If you're delayed getting somewhere in your car by 15 mins. However, nonviolent direct action about our own government dithering on the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced is too much.
Direct action is typically justifiable against the people who have the power to change things
Everyone hates these people because they're screwing over commuters, if they blocked a National party conference I wouldn't be so bothered.
Everyone doesn't hate them. You shouldn't presume everyone is as hateful and angry as you. Most people in this country are decent and nice.
Unfortunately it's also only a matter of time before climate change gets worse - we've already seen what's happening in the northern hemisphere. Regardless of who is in the road or what work you need to get to, hitting and carrying a person on the front of your car or assault deserves charges, especially as the cops cleared it in ~15 minutes anyway.
Saying that - protesting is also meant to get people on your side rather than just raise awareness. This one didn't.
If there's a gofundme for this guy's legal costs, I'm chipping in. You don't get to fuck with someone's livelihood like this.
I didn't see anyone doing jack fucking shit about Brian cult leader Tamaki blocking the motorway, so as far as I can tell, anyone can block the roads and it's totally fine.
It started with the Covid "checkpoints", and it's been downhill from there.
It's a bit late now, but what are people's thoughts on whether this is the right community for this? It seems pretty political, even if it's not about a political party.
For future posts, should things like this go in [email protected] or is [email protected] ok?
Edit: I think the sense I'm getting is that this would be at home in either community.
Yes, agreed to put it in politics.
@Dave @Ilovethebomb blocking the motorway seems like public interest reporting. I guess follow-up reports on trials and mp responses is for politics.
Everything is political to some extent though, where do you draw the line?
That's the question 😆. For this one, because they are directly campaigning the government to do something, it seemed political to me. But that's what I'm seeking opinions on.
This one seems a lot more politically focused than say the article about the company intentionally damaging archeological sites that was posted earlier today.