Pretty bold, unsafe, but bold. Good that cars stopped for the protesters. Lots of angry opinions against blocking interstate traffic for commercial reasons. I hope emergency and emergency-motivated vehicles were accommodated by the protesters.

But playing devil’s advocate: isn’t this part of the art of protest? To disrupt the normal flow of the day and call attention to something that is broken in the city? To non-violently inflict an economic impact upon a broken infrastructure?

We don’t live in the era of bus boycotts anymore. Nonviolent, economically-targeted protests have more impact when they affect and disrupt economic venues. We live in the era of sit-ins, die-ins, occupations and the blocking of traffic. This is just as much a tactic which will not win friends, but will non-violently jar our normalcy.

I don’t understand the wishes of Facebook users to inflict bodily harm on protesters with their cars. Seriously, it’s not worth it. It says more about you than about the protesters.