This is a terrible way to protest and will do nothing but turn people against the movement. There is no excuse for this type of protest and it should not be allowed.
Preaching to the choir really
that’ll show them !
Who do they possibly think they’re convincing by blocking O’Connell bridge? The Irish public are already majority pro Palestine, and all they’re doing is inconveniencing that same public
Dumbfuckery.
All 10 of them? That’s no small feat 😄
ELI5 me how does this solving anything if it takes 3x times more for me to drive home?
The point of civil disobedience isn’t to piss everyone else off. It’s to piss off the ruling class, and to demonstrate that 1. You’re willing to escalate, and 2. That they can’t actually stop everyone if escalation does occur.
Unless you have wide-scale buy-in from everyone, as with a general strike, targeting these at primary infrastructure is idiotic.
There’s loads of legitimate targets to choose from, although I’m not sure what the stance of the mod team and admins are regarding specifics so i’ll leave those to your imagination.
Regardless, it doesn’t need to be violent. A nuisance to the *right people* should be the goal.
When government is controlling the narrative and the media message, protests like this helps reach the ordinary bloke on the street.
Breaking through the government propaganda….
But here’s the ting….
Most Irish people are pro-Palestine and the Palestinian people know we stand with them. I am all for anyone’s right to protest, it is a cornerstone of democracy, I do have to ask, what is the point of this?
The group is getting smaller and smaller as time goes on….and more extreme.
The state of the grown manchild in the hoodie holding the Lego bag roaring fuckoff 😂 you couldn’t intimidate a 5 year old.
Bit of civil disobedience in the morning, pick up the dole on the way home.
Great day out
At least they’re not waving around hezbollah terrorist group flags anymore
I’m not even going to venture into the comments section. But I’m guessing there’s going to be no shortage of comments disparaging the protestors, saying they’re doing nothing but turning the public against them and asking who they’re convincing blocking a bridge/road.
Not weighing in on the protest itself or what I consider the merits. But the fact so many people don’t seem to realise civil disobedience is, by its nature, disruptive and is meant to antagonise does crack me up a little.
Edit: Went into the comments after posting this and it was the first two comments.
Edit 2: As an aside, if you ever claimed to be appalled by the events occurring in Gaza and the West Bank and a minor disruption in your day convinces you to change your views, you were never truly appalled by the horrors there. I’ve read some comments saying these protestors will turn people against the overall message of solidarity with Gaza, but I’d imagine even the most cheesed off individual wouldn’t do a complete 180 as a result of a minor disruption to their day. And if they did, it speaks more loudly to their character – or lack thereof – then it does the protestors.
Great to see it, it’s not much yet but it’s an escalation and that sends a message of it own. The gloves have been on long enough
No work to go to?
Say the line r/Ireland
‘Fair fucks to them’
As I previously said, a profoundly self righteous people.
Genuine question, why do people bring pride flags to Palestine protests?
The usual misguided melts.
Not at all surprised that they would attack the dude disagreeing with them. Those assholes are just loud, opinionated and completely incapable of civil discourse.
I’m just a bit shocked the Guard didn’t step in faster and protect the man.
Get a job
The altercation with the man in the blue jacket was just disgraceful.
They should have been arrested.
Absolute clowns.
What the hell are they doing attacking someone. Calling him Jew (there’s no indication he’s even Jewish), running into him with their bike. Anyone being violent should have been arrested.
Who gave them the idea it was ok to put their hands on the guy writing with chalk on the ground?
Fucking headmelts.
Ireland is already the most pro palestine country in the EU……
Such a waste of time, this will do nothing but deter any neutral person from supporting the cause.
Bunch a wankers.
I hope they’re protesting Hamas who are chopping up their own people.
Gobshites
I don’t like this protest, because it targets the wrong people in my view, but I find it hard to bead at them. They are protesting genocide, making loads of people late for work is insignificant by comparison.
This protest will surely put and end to all the trouble over there /s
I’m all for a free Palestine and helping those being crushed by the Israeli genocide. However I have to ask why we can’t have this kind of action to push back against domestic issues such as housing and the migration industry? I’m not looking for a fight here, which I’ll probably get anyway, but why do we come together to voice our frustration and contempt for issues like pride in Hungary, the genocide in Gaza, trans rights, BLM, etc, but we don’t come out for each other when the issues facing us are many, present and directly impeding our living standards here?
I’m all in for peaceful protests, but this is genuinely just provocations, loitering, disruption and inconvenience to everyone. Seems like it also had lots of dipshits around too, I hope this footage can be used to incriminate them.
A lovely day out for the unemployed of Dublin
I don’t care what the protest is about, if their goal is to annoy normal people in their day to day lives to gain support then I’m going to intentionally not support it.
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This is a terrible way to protest and will do nothing but turn people against the movement. There is no excuse for this type of protest and it should not be allowed.
Preaching to the choir really
that’ll show them !
Who do they possibly think they’re convincing by blocking O’Connell bridge? The Irish public are already majority pro Palestine, and all they’re doing is inconveniencing that same public
Dumbfuckery.
All 10 of them? That’s no small feat 😄
ELI5 me how does this solving anything if it takes 3x times more for me to drive home?
The point of civil disobedience isn’t to piss everyone else off. It’s to piss off the ruling class, and to demonstrate that 1. You’re willing to escalate, and 2. That they can’t actually stop everyone if escalation does occur.
Unless you have wide-scale buy-in from everyone, as with a general strike, targeting these at primary infrastructure is idiotic.
There’s loads of legitimate targets to choose from, although I’m not sure what the stance of the mod team and admins are regarding specifics so i’ll leave those to your imagination.
Regardless, it doesn’t need to be violent. A nuisance to the *right people* should be the goal.
When government is controlling the narrative and the media message, protests like this helps reach the ordinary bloke on the street.
Breaking through the government propaganda….
But here’s the ting….
Most Irish people are pro-Palestine and the Palestinian people know we stand with them. I am all for anyone’s right to protest, it is a cornerstone of democracy, I do have to ask, what is the point of this?
The group is getting smaller and smaller as time goes on….and more extreme.
The state of the grown manchild in the hoodie holding the Lego bag roaring fuckoff 😂 you couldn’t intimidate a 5 year old.
Bit of civil disobedience in the morning, pick up the dole on the way home.
Great day out
At least they’re not waving around hezbollah terrorist group flags anymore
I’m not even going to venture into the comments section. But I’m guessing there’s going to be no shortage of comments disparaging the protestors, saying they’re doing nothing but turning the public against them and asking who they’re convincing blocking a bridge/road.
Not weighing in on the protest itself or what I consider the merits. But the fact so many people don’t seem to realise civil disobedience is, by its nature, disruptive and is meant to antagonise does crack me up a little.
Edit: Went into the comments after posting this and it was the first two comments.
Edit 2: As an aside, if you ever claimed to be appalled by the events occurring in Gaza and the West Bank and a minor disruption in your day convinces you to change your views, you were never truly appalled by the horrors there. I’ve read some comments saying these protestors will turn people against the overall message of solidarity with Gaza, but I’d imagine even the most cheesed off individual wouldn’t do a complete 180 as a result of a minor disruption to their day. And if they did, it speaks more loudly to their character – or lack thereof – then it does the protestors.
Great to see it, it’s not much yet but it’s an escalation and that sends a message of it own. The gloves have been on long enough
No work to go to?
Say the line r/Ireland
‘Fair fucks to them’
As I previously said, a profoundly self righteous people.
Genuine question, why do people bring pride flags to Palestine protests?
The usual misguided melts.
Not at all surprised that they would attack the dude disagreeing with them. Those assholes are just loud, opinionated and completely incapable of civil discourse.
I’m just a bit shocked the Guard didn’t step in faster and protect the man.
Get a job
The altercation with the man in the blue jacket was just disgraceful.
They should have been arrested.
Absolute clowns.
What the hell are they doing attacking someone. Calling him Jew (there’s no indication he’s even Jewish), running into him with their bike. Anyone being violent should have been arrested.
Who gave them the idea it was ok to put their hands on the guy writing with chalk on the ground?
Fucking headmelts.
Ireland is already the most pro palestine country in the EU……
Such a waste of time, this will do nothing but deter any neutral person from supporting the cause.
Bunch a wankers.
I hope they’re protesting Hamas who are chopping up their own people.
Gobshites
I don’t like this protest, because it targets the wrong people in my view, but I find it hard to bead at them. They are protesting genocide, making loads of people late for work is insignificant by comparison.
This protest will surely put and end to all the trouble over there /s
I’m all for a free Palestine and helping those being crushed by the Israeli genocide. However I have to ask why we can’t have this kind of action to push back against domestic issues such as housing and the migration industry? I’m not looking for a fight here, which I’ll probably get anyway, but why do we come together to voice our frustration and contempt for issues like pride in Hungary, the genocide in Gaza, trans rights, BLM, etc, but we don’t come out for each other when the issues facing us are many, present and directly impeding our living standards here?
I’m all in for peaceful protests, but this is genuinely just provocations, loitering, disruption and inconvenience to everyone. Seems like it also had lots of dipshits around too, I hope this footage can be used to incriminate them.
A lovely day out for the unemployed of Dublin
I don’t care what the protest is about, if their goal is to annoy normal people in their day to day lives to gain support then I’m going to intentionally not support it.
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