What REALLY grinds your gears?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

i feel torn saying this ...

The "blacklivesmatter" protesters are starting to grind my gears.

Back on Nov 25, they shut down downtown Baltimore during evening rush hour. It took me about 2 hours to go 5 miles.

Yesterday, they apparently decided to hold a rally. They didnt say their route until right before rush hour traffic and then proceeded to close down major downtown intersections.

So yesterday it took me only an hour to cut across downtown.

I support the idea of "blacklivesmatter", i do believe police disproportionately target black men and also have a heightened sense of fear around black men which leads to unequal treatment.

Why cant they plan a huge march on a saturday or sunday? i would join, my family would join. It would get positive press instead of negative.

Intentionally blocking traffic to make life miserable for hundred of thousands of people is the opposite way to get people to be receptive to your message.

I know there have been a zillion organized marchs in the past and other less obstructive attempts have been made for a century now ... .. .


but this is .. inconvenient for me? im a jerk

you hit the nail on the head especially the bolded part. If you want to encourage the masses to join your cause, don't make life miserable for them, they'll only look at you derisively.

Protests should be about getting a message across, not about being a squeaky wheel.