• shawn1122@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    Protests that block key roadways are generally not received well. People are often mad that they’re inconvenienced and will use moral arguments regarding potential disruption of emergency services.

    At least with strikes, most of who you’re fucking over is your boss and not the people you’re trying to have side with you.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      7 days ago

      Blocking roads is not the only method of disruptive protest. There are a lot more options than that. Everything from sit-ins to much more creative disruptions

      For instance, one technique that animal rights activists have successfully used before is gluing hands to tables to protest various things. May sound silly, but it gets outsized attention on both traditional and social media. For instance, it’s been a factor to help get over 330 coffee chains to drop their non-dairy milk upcharge (including some major ones like Starbucks, Dunkin, Tim Hortons, etc.)