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CMV: Protesting by blocking roads and the flow of traffic is not peaceful

Within the past decade the number of protest has increased, specifically those from the left that are blocking roads where everyday middle-class Americans are trying to go about their lives from the left and the right. When you are blocking traffic and preventing those from reaching their destination you are not protesting peacefully. Protesting peacefully would be standing on the *side* of the roads, speaking as loud as you want and holding signs to prove your point. Not only are you literally breaking the law when you're blocking traffic, you're probably hurting your cause. No matter what the cause is, if I see ANY group protesting by blocking my way home from work, they immediately just lost respect from me. I don't care what you are protesting, it could be PB&J sandwiches are bad for all I care, if you are blocking people from just simply living their lives, and at times jumping on their cars, you just lost my respect. And the point that "they don't listen to us if we stand on the side of the road" is not a good argument. Most people don't listen to a lot of things, that's the way it is. That doesn't give you the right to make my life any harder. I even recall the time a group protesting by standing in the road wouldn't even let an ambulance pass, which is just disgusting. I would *almost* go to the length to say if you are standing where people are *suppose* to drive, and you won't get out of their way, they *almost* have the right to hit you. Honestly, what do you expect to happen if someone had a long ass day at work, and is just trying to go home and see their family. You think they are going to be happy? You think they are going to support your cause? No. They will immediately despise you. 

EDIT: I would like to point out the fact I included "jumping on cars" in my post. Maybe I should have highlighted it more, but it IS there. Ultimately I'm getting to the point that modern day protesters that are attempting to protest by blocking roads almost always is leading to jumping on cars or surrounding/intimidating drivers. I suppose I should have clarified further.
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One of the quintessential examples of peaceful protest is the sit-in. And the sit-in's entire purpose is to disrupt people's daily routines. You sit in people's way just to make their normal life more difficult. If we then say that disruption to people's routine is not peaceful then what is the sit-in? Is it no longer peaceful, this the cornerstone of peaceful protest?