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Originally Posted by Fugee
Elected officials may need thick skins but their families and neighbors should not need them. If I lived next door to an official and protesters blocked the street or sidewalk protesting there, I'd turn my hose on them -- even if I agreed with the cause, don't bring it to my neighborhood.
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That's why it's ineffective to protest like that; it even gets sympathy for elected officials. Not many people realize most politicians are on the job 24/7 and the family is just happy they've brought their work home to do and aren't still stuck in the office.
But, yeah, sucks for the neighbors.
