• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    No, no, you’re being selfish. You can’t be assed to sit in traffic

    No, no, no: that isn’t traffic. I’m not stuck in traffic. “Traffic” is people trying to get from where they are to where they want to be. I have no problem sitting in traffic.

    The problem is that they aren’t traveling. They aren’t creating “traffic”. They are detaining people. They are unlawfully stripping people of their right to travel, without their consent. Unlawful detention is a crime.

    I’m not caring only for myself. I am caring about all the other people who are similarly being unlawfully detained by these selfish, tyrannical, criminals who have unilaterally stripped us of our right to travel in peace.

    You can Share the road, get the fuck off the road, go to jail, or get run over. I don’t particularly care which one you pick, but “detain others” is not an option.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, you’re the one with the ability and the will to run them over and kill them and yet somehow, you’re the victim being detained. 🙄

      Grow the fuck up. You are not a victim. It is not all about you. You are not entitled to 100% guaranteed access to empty roads.

      You have to share the road with pedestrians and even protesters whether you like it or not. Protesters are a part of driving and a part of life you have to accept.

      Do what you tell everyone else to do: Get over it.

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        1 year ago

        You have to share the road with pedestrians and even protesters whether you like it or not. Protesters are a part of driving and a part of life you have to accept.

        Obstructing the road is not sharing the road.

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        I have to share with travelers. I have no problem sharing with other people traveling on the road, even when the act of traveling introduces delays.

        Protesters also have to share the road. They are not allowed to obstruct the road in the course of their protest. Obstructing the road is a criminal act specifically because the roads must be shared and “obstruction” is not sharing.

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          1 year ago

          Pedestrians always have the right of way regardless.

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          Pedestrians always have the right of way regardless.

          See, I can be obnoxious to prove a point too.

          It doesn’t matter if protesters are hanging out in the middle of the road. You have to put up with them regardless. And honestly, the situation is too serious for your inconvenience to be taken into account. Fix the planet, then we’ll talk.

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            1 year ago

            Pedestrians do, indeed, have the right of way. “Right of way” meaning they are traveling.

            To have the right of way, you have to be traveling. If you are not traveling, you can have no right of way. If you are not traveling on a thoroughfare, you are obstructing traffic for those who are traveling.

            Protesters obstructing traffic do not have the right of way. They are criminals, and it is a good thing that they like jail.

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              1 year ago

              They have the right of way regardless of whatever they’re doing on the road. You don’t get to run them over like you’re in a Newgrounds game no matter how much you want to.

              That means even when protesters are sitting on the road, you have to put up with it. Turn around. Find another route. Park and find another route.

              Deal with it.

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                1 year ago

                That’s not what “right of way” means. They do not have the right of way. They are violating the right of way.

                They can be arrested, charged, and convicted for obstructing traffic. Their act of violating the right of way can also constitute unlawful detention, and the detained can use force to escape or arrest their captor.

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                  1 year ago

                  Yes it is what right of way means. You can’t just run over pedestrians on the street no matter how much they inconvenience you. You especially can’t run over protesters.

                  Get over their presence and get a life that doesn’t revolve around your 9 to 5, or you in general.

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                    1 year ago

                    No, sorry, it is not. “Right of way” means they are legally permitted to be there. If they had the right of way, it would not be lawful to remove them.

                    They do not have the right of way. It may not be completely legal in all cases to run their asses over, but they do not have the right of way. The travelers they are obstructing have the right of way. Travelers have the right to use the road, but non-travelers are illegally infringing on that right.