You literally show footage of the "protestors" illegally blocking a public thoroughfare. They are literally interferring with other people's rights by force and you think they were being peaceful?
They were deliberately extending their arms to prevent someone marching in a Pride March. Don't pretend you don't think that's violent. Or at least that you wouildn't if it happened to someone you liked.
Or are you going to be consistent and say people can just stand in the way of a Pride March, or a protest against Israel, or whatever, and you'd be fine with it?
Physically blocking a pathway is not a violent action. It only becomes violent if you are stopping someone from moving in _any_ direction by blocking them in entirely, like kettling.
The question is do march participants have a right to react with violence to an obstcle? I believe not. If the police in the march wanted to continue moving, they should have called in other non-marching police to lawfully deal with it, not act like a bunch of bullies.
You are either a march participant in that moment, or a police officer on duty. Not both.
“Physically blocking a pathway is not a violent action.”
It absolutely is.
“It only becomes violent if you are stopping someone from moving in any direction by blocking them in entirely, like kettling.”
So then you’d be OK with someone blocking a march you approve of by organizing people to stand in it’s way?
“The question is do march participants have a right to react with violence to an obstcle? I believe not.”
So then anyone can shut down any protest and that’s not a rights violation?
“I believe not. If the police in the march wanted to continue moving, they should have called in other non-marching police to lawfully deal with it, not act like a bunch of bullies.”
So if it’s lawful to act against people who are blocking the way how is it unlawfully just because it’s you they are blocking? You’re not making sense.
“You are either a march participant in that moment, or a police officer on duty. Not both.”
That makes no sense and is irrelevant. You don’t have to be a police officer to have the right to use the public thoroughfare.
Have I ever said anything to indicate I want to physically harm anyone? All my conversations with transphobes in person have been entirely civil.
Even though these people call for the removal of the healthcare that honestly has saved my life, and often say very very awful things about me on X. I generally avoid stooping to their level. I do not want their healthcare removed, I do not wish them any harm. I do wish they'd move on with their lives and not fixate on us so much though.
Plus, I don't believe in retributive politics and I don't believe it to be a healthy frame of mind to hate your political enemies at all, not from a mental health or a pragmatic point of view. Especially as a trans person; if I hated the people who hate me, I would have to have a lot of hate in my heart, and I'm just not like that.
You literally show footage of the "protestors" illegally blocking a public thoroughfare. They are literally interferring with other people's rights by force and you think they were being peaceful?
Standing still is a non-violent action.
They were deliberately extending their arms to prevent someone marching in a Pride March. Don't pretend you don't think that's violent. Or at least that you wouildn't if it happened to someone you liked.
Or are you going to be consistent and say people can just stand in the way of a Pride March, or a protest against Israel, or whatever, and you'd be fine with it?
I don't think that march participants should be allowed to respond by choking them.
So to be clear you're conceding the point that they were not being "non-violent"?
And I bet you would endorse more than choking against "transphobes".
Physically blocking a pathway is not a violent action. It only becomes violent if you are stopping someone from moving in _any_ direction by blocking them in entirely, like kettling.
The question is do march participants have a right to react with violence to an obstcle? I believe not. If the police in the march wanted to continue moving, they should have called in other non-marching police to lawfully deal with it, not act like a bunch of bullies.
You are either a march participant in that moment, or a police officer on duty. Not both.
“Physically blocking a pathway is not a violent action.”
It absolutely is.
“It only becomes violent if you are stopping someone from moving in any direction by blocking them in entirely, like kettling.”
So then you’d be OK with someone blocking a march you approve of by organizing people to stand in it’s way?
“The question is do march participants have a right to react with violence to an obstcle? I believe not.”
So then anyone can shut down any protest and that’s not a rights violation?
“I believe not. If the police in the march wanted to continue moving, they should have called in other non-marching police to lawfully deal with it, not act like a bunch of bullies.”
So if it’s lawful to act against people who are blocking the way how is it unlawfully just because it’s you they are blocking? You’re not making sense.
“You are either a march participant in that moment, or a police officer on duty. Not both.”
That makes no sense and is irrelevant. You don’t have to be a police officer to have the right to use the public thoroughfare.
Have I ever said anything to indicate I want to physically harm anyone? All my conversations with transphobes in person have been entirely civil.
Even though these people call for the removal of the healthcare that honestly has saved my life, and often say very very awful things about me on X. I generally avoid stooping to their level. I do not want their healthcare removed, I do not wish them any harm. I do wish they'd move on with their lives and not fixate on us so much though.
Plus, I don't believe in retributive politics and I don't believe it to be a healthy frame of mind to hate your political enemies at all, not from a mental health or a pragmatic point of view. Especially as a trans person; if I hated the people who hate me, I would have to have a lot of hate in my heart, and I'm just not like that.
"Have I ever said anything to indicate I want to physically harm anyone?"
Well yes, you approved of force to block people you don't like. If you're prepared to do that of course I believe you will physically harm people.