[jacobkania]

I firmly believe that if you have enough people who think it’s important enough to block traffic to make a point — if their belief is that aliens are coming to destroy earth — they’re allowed to do that. Sure, it’s illegal, but they’ll do it anyways. I think it’s unlikely that so many people will come together to block traffic, but if it’s so important to them, then I’m all for it. They’ll definitely get to make their argument to the news and American people, who get to decide if their point is valid or not. But that’s the point of free speech.

[jariel]

I doesn't matter if you are 'all for it'.

The rest of us are 'not for it' - and that's why it's well enshrined into law.

Your pet ideology is no reason to obstruct others.

If you can convince LA County to shut down the highway for a 'march' over the 'weekend' - then that's fine.

Otherwise, fines or jail.

[jlawson]

Blocking traffic is not speech, it's physical harassment whose only outcome and whose intended mechanism of effect is to inject suffering into random innocent peoples' lives.

You have no right to do that any more than you have a right to randomly slap people on the street to make them listen to you.

Use your vote and your voice.