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Agree with the general sentiment here - I'm not keen on die-ins at all. That's not to say vigils (which I'm in favour of) are completely without an agenda as you are going to have some people there in a campaigning capacity, not just people who knew the victim or who want to pay their respects. I think that's natural, tbh.
IMO that's not nearly as problematic as a bunch of very much alive people lying on the floor pretending to be dead in "solidarity" with people who have actually lost their lives, purely to make a point. I do think it's disrespectful.
I guess we've all got different tolerances and ideas of what's respectful, though - I don't have a problem with ghost bikes but I know a lot of people here don't like them for the same reason they don't like die-ins.