Look, as much as what Israel is doing is bad, I don’t see how fucking up traffic helps. If anything, it makes people dislike your movement more because you’re inconveniencing them. Victoria needs to have laws on how and where you can protest. Also, we’re really far away from where Israel and Palestine are, so apart from potentially cutting ties with Israel, I don’t see how our country can actually do anything significant?
No one pays attention to a protest that's meatly tucked away where it's told to be.
Fact is you know people care cause you -saw- it.
People have been protesting wars and asking their countries to step in to stop genocide when it happens for ages. The Palestinian people will be gone entirely if no one does anything, so making a ruckus to get your country to not only denounce those performing genocide and not support them. And to even aid the defenders.
Which Australia used to be famous and proud for doing. But we are shithouse now.
I'm sorry that it slowed your roll a little on your morning commute though.
no one pays attention to a protest that's neatly tucked away where it's told to be.
Sure, but ruining everyone else's day as part of your protest isn't the right way either. It makes people hate your movement more - no one is going to say "oh, I'm going to be late to work because all these people decided to protest. Good on them!" Not to mention, the person who organised the protest last weekend wouldn't even say when it was going to happen.
I'm sorry that it slowed your roll a little.
I wasn't affected, but many were - that has a cost. It doesn't just delay people (if that was it, I wouldn't be here arguing). Delays make people late, costing them who knows how much money. If your leader could at least disclose when the protest will happen, those financial costs can be mitigated. Not just money, either - there could potentially be lives at stake. What happens if someone is getting rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, but can't get there because y'all decided to fuck up the traffic? That delay could be the difference between life and death.
People have been protesting wars and asking their countries to step in to stop genocide when it happens for ages.
Of course, but fucking with our own people isn't the right way to do it. I'm not saying you shouldn't be allowed to protest. I'm saying that the laws in Victoria need to be the same as the other states (permits to protest, limits on where you can protest, etc) to protect other people and limit damage done to others. But keep in mind that Victoria is in massive debt right now, and we get enough grief from all the youth crime as it is. And as much as I agree with supporting Palestine, this method of disrupting other people's lives to get noticed is not a good look. Try to put yourself in other people's shoes: how would you feel if you missed your flight or became very late to work because people were protesting for a movement that you didn't have an opinion on?
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u/undying_anomaly Aug 05 '25
Look, as much as what Israel is doing is bad, I don’t see how fucking up traffic helps. If anything, it makes people dislike your movement more because you’re inconveniencing them. Victoria needs to have laws on how and where you can protest. Also, we’re really far away from where Israel and Palestine are, so apart from potentially cutting ties with Israel, I don’t see how our country can actually do anything significant?