Yeah, that’s kinda my point: How the hell is the oil industry being inconvenienced by obstructing traffic?
What they are accomplishing by standing in the street is convincing the general public to make jaywalking a felony.
What they are doing is illegal; they clearly don’t have a problem violating the law to achieve their goals. That doesn’t bother me so much; civil disobedience is a cornerstone of civic action. What pisses me off is that they are targeting victims of the oil industry, rather than the perpetrators.
If they insist on taking illegal actions, there are plenty they could take without targeting victims. The could rob gas stations or muffler shops, for example. They could threaten to torch new ICE cars on dealer lots. That would force them to hire overnight security, and would raise the insurance rates on every ICE car dealer.
Target the fucking oil industries, and stay the fuck out of the roads.
The last time an ICE car dealership was torched in connection with a protest was four years ago in Kenosha, and it wasn’t even for environmental activism.
Muffler shops are only necessary for ICE vehicles; When has a muffler shop ever been involved in a protest?
Many states have emission testing requirements for ICE cars; when have testing facilities ever been targeted by environmental protesters?
JSO could immediately increase the costs of doing business to ICE dealerships, (and gain notoriety), simply by writing letters to ICE dealerships demanding that they put only electric vehicles on display.
Yeah, that’s kinda my point: How the hell is the oil industry being inconvenienced by obstructing traffic?
What they are accomplishing by standing in the street is convincing the general public to make jaywalking a felony.
What they are doing is illegal; they clearly don’t have a problem violating the law to achieve their goals. That doesn’t bother me so much; civil disobedience is a cornerstone of civic action. What pisses me off is that they are targeting victims of the oil industry, rather than the perpetrators.
If they insist on taking illegal actions, there are plenty they could take without targeting victims. The could rob gas stations or muffler shops, for example. They could threaten to torch new ICE cars on dealer lots. That would force them to hire overnight security, and would raise the insurance rates on every ICE car dealer.
Target the fucking oil industries, and stay the fuck out of the roads.
Not all protests are against oil companies.
Obstructing general traffic is only a valid form of protest if your cause is “increase the penalties for jaywalking” or “general misanthropy”.
Oil companies get targeted all the time, but it’s mostly the protests that affect many people that make it to the news
The last time an ICE car dealership was torched in connection with a protest was four years ago in Kenosha, and it wasn’t even for environmental activism.
Muffler shops are only necessary for ICE vehicles; When has a muffler shop ever been involved in a protest?
Many states have emission testing requirements for ICE cars; when have testing facilities ever been targeted by environmental protesters?
JSO could immediately increase the costs of doing business to ICE dealerships, (and gain notoriety), simply by writing letters to ICE dealerships demanding that they put only electric vehicles on display.