# Lets shut down the highway, that'll solve all the problems! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 25, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577 "2018-07-25T19:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/181 "2018-08-03T22:41:10Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > And don’t you feel silly about all of your histrionics over this march now? > > I’m guessing probably not. No, not at all. These shitters cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars and I know that tax money to pay for it isn’t coming from the South or West sides. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/182 "2018-08-03T22:44:36Z")
Too bad you couldn’t have piloted Christine right through the lot of them, huh? ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/183 "2018-08-03T23:54:08Z")
Sounds like the protesters did a pretty good job maximizing the exposure for their message. Nothing like a bunch of people throwing hissy fits over losing a little bit of time they would have wasted on reality tv or social media to show just how much those groups are devalued, dehumanized and ignored. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/184 "2018-08-05T19:13:16Z")
Glad to see the protest solved all the problems > **[30 shot over 3-hour span in Chicago, including 11-year-old and at least 11 teens](https://wgntv.com/news/2-dead-at-least-30-injured-in-sunday-shootings/)** > > Editor’s Note: this is an archived post from August 5, 2018. CHICAGO – A spate of mass shootings in Chicago left at least five people dead and 50 others wounded during a night of catastrophic… But, Reverend McFuckFace got to parade around with a megaphone down Belmont and whine about the mayor. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/185 "2018-08-06T18:11:15Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > No, not at all. These shitters cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars and I know that tax money to pay for it isn’t coming from the South or West sides. You’re an asshole. Also Beverly is the second wealthiest neighborhood in the city after the gold coast and its _gasp_ on the South Side. You know nothing about this city that you claim to care about. Don’t you have any ability to self reflect when your ignorance is pointed out? ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/186 "2018-08-06T18:15:57Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Glad to see the protest solved all the problems > [30 shot over 3-hour span in Chicago, including 11-year-old and at least 11 teens | WGN-TV](https://wgntv.com/2018/08/05/2-dead-at-least-30-injured-in-sunday-shootings/) > > But, Reverend McFuckFace got to parade around with a megaphone down Belmont and whine about the mayor. What are you doing to help solve the problem? Besides whine and bitch on a message board about people you don’t care about getting shot? I mean you clearly don’t give a shit about people on the south or west side so why are you even sharing this link? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577/187 "2018-08-06T18:25:32Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > You’re an asshole. > > Also Beverly is the second wealthiest neighborhood in the city after the gold coast and its _gasp_ on the South Side. You know nothing about this city that you claim to care about. Don’t you have any ability to self reflect when your ignorance is pointed out? I think I know the answer to this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shut-down-the-highway-thatll-solve-all-the-problems/818577.md?page=9)