Fuel Protest

Listen to this fcukwit

https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104897257/

Agree with this but all rights exist in tandem, the right to protest also co-exists with a whole bunch of other rights and interests in society.

My problem with this particular protest is that it seems almost designed to hurt and disrupt ordinary people and local businesses. They could do this in a more structured way — day on, day off etc to allow other things to proceed. But actually getting to a point where petrol stations are out of fuel and local people are left struggling to get to work or make appointments and local business are left with a period of indefinite disruption just seems cynical when the apparent point of the protest is a gripe about the cost of living affecting livelihoods.

I also think proportionality has to be considered here. This isn't quite a deep question of fundamental rights or matters of life / death, liberty, equality or security — this is about the cost of fuel in a country where society as a whole is reeling from the cost of living crisis, not least among them a whole generation of young people shut out of the housing market or saddled with crazy mortgages who aren't deciding to take it out on other people.

Gardai and Public order unit have set checkpoints to prevent support for the protest.

They are effectively preventing food and supplies and a rotation of people manning the protest, typical RUC tactics, they really do hate the Irish. I hope the people down there take the names of every traitor of a guard to treats peacful protestors like this.

Truly awful attitude to people and their welfare: you’d rather what? Anarchy and breakdown of law and order and untold hardship on citizens because fuel prices have risen? So this protest is only about the protesters and agitators? Screw the rest of society who are being hurt by it all?

Not patriotic enough for ya?

Gardai about to intervene in Cork?

Meanwhile the protesters are preventing people who have serious medical needs from accessing medical services in a timely fashion. If you're a person who has had a stroke, every minute counts and this is delaying ambulances.

The Gardai are behaving peacefully so it's a leap to liken them to the RUC. Plenty of police forces have mistreated protesters but this isn't an example of one. They also are breaking the law by obstructing critical infrastructure and should be removed from it.

It's also three days in, they could pretty easily pack enough food and water for a few days. 🤣

The shortages are panic buying. Dublin port is still open and 60% of fuels are getting through. There are lots of stations with fuel still.

Even some getting delivery this morning. See https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104897271 for example.

Most of the complaints are about inconvenience and some are running with that and making a mountain out of a mole hill with it.

The government can end it quickly if they want to. Let's see their big announcement this evening as they say they will.

Because it's not true.

I know

Apparently the free cars that the refugees get have a special sticker on them.

And the guys working at the pumps, trying to organize the queue etc are told to look out for these stickers and move them to the top of the queue.

But you have absolutely no proof of this story that you've made up.