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So, the farmers are bringing their tractors back into [Den Haag this week](https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/dutch-farmers-stage-another-protest)... which means that the city is going to pretty disrupted. Now, this affects us pretty heavily, as we don't live near our school and we have to travel across the city each day to get to school in the morning and afternoon. Today, I tried to take a detour and leave early to try and avoid the main blockage points... but alas, I still managed to get certain bits of it.... So, tractors parked across a main intersection whilst the rest of convoy made it's way over to join the main protest. 

The Dutch farmers are pretty cranky about being blamed for nitrogen pollution and there appears to be a proposal to limit and cut back on livestock to further reign in their contribution to the nitrogen emission. Now, this isn't a piece of news that I'm following too closely... modern agriculture does contribute a fair amount to nitrogen pollution, which in many was is much much worse than the more publicised carbon pollution. However, it appears that problem seems to be about the balance of what is being cut.... as the airport seems to be exempt from the cuts? Again, I'm not 100% up to speed on the problem and the data... and unlike most internet users, that means I'm unable to come up with a conclusion or even a position....

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However, I wonder if the idea of disruptive protests really have the effect of raising support for their position? To me, disruptive protests (I would also include the [Climate Change activists, Extinction Rebellion disrupting cities in Australia in this](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/extinction-rebellion-risks-polarising-public-on-climate-veteran-activist-says)) are quite counterproductive.... I don't know enough about the Dutch farmers, but I do understand (I wish that people would use the word understand, rather than believe....) and the science and the risks behind climate change. I disagree with the idea of disruptive protests to bring about change (for these topics... it is a bit different for things like protests for civil freedom/disobedience.... but that is a different thing entirely!). 


I have the impression that these protests are better for looking and feeling like you are doing something... rather actually getting on with the hard work of actually forming solutions... and in some ways, they polarise the public into positions that might be somewhat counter-productive to actual negotiations and progress. The quiet people who are actually getting things done are often not the ones who are in front of the cameras.... however, guess who will often take the credit?

Now, I wouldn't go as far as calling these people "terrorists" or anything like that... but they do have the effect of making easy straw men for opposing points of view to focus upon... and I really think that they tarnish the causes that they proport to be in support of.... 


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