One of the ways protests work is by sheer numbers. It takes a lot of people to block a city, ergo a lot of people feel strongly about an issue.

When 11 fascists with massive vehicles block a motorway it presents a disproportionate picture of the level of support.

April 09, 2026 - 19:14 UTC

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Exactly. According to RTE News there are 18 vehicles blocking access to Whitegate. So 18 people causing havoc. They must be delighted with themselves.
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If only one or two of the owners of the blocked vehicles had been brave enough to ask each of the owners of the other blocked vehicles to join and approach the eleven fascists…
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Next time we're all hiring a tractor, though, aren't we? Protesting against Luas fares by blocking their fields at harvest time
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When Just Stop Oil sit in a road, there's cries of "what if you block an ambulance!?"

Where are those people now?
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Of course we all know if a group of 30 left wing women had blocked a fuel depot they'd just have kicked the shit out of us and dragged us off to jail.

Maybe we should have fundraised to buy a few tractors instead of posters and we'd have gotten fundamental healthcare a few years earlier.
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They didn't buy any tractors. All these ones are leased. From the same company
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This has got to be massively illegal surely?
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Yes, of course it is. But are they going to enforce the law? Against these independent "small businessmen"?
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