Protests

I think the closest thing to a protest I've ever done was go eat Chic-Fil-A to support Dan Cathy's right to free speech.  

I feel it depends on the context of the protest and how people go about it.  There are yelling and screaming protests that do very little and then there are loving and educational type protests that can open people up to alternative viewpoints and find common ground.

One example is a good friend of ours from church.  She had a friend drop her off at an abortion clinic and there were "protesters" outside, but one of the protesters walked up to her crying and told her about how she had an abortion as a teenager and would give anything to go back and not do it.  The two struck up a conversation and she was really troubled with the decision and decided on the spot to not have an abortion and found a new lifelong friend.  She now has an awesome son who brings her great joy and was changed forever due to a simple "protester". 

Now if that same scenario played out with a person yelling and screaming obscenities at her then of course it would have had a far different result.

Then you have beautiful things like what happened in Texas where protesters and counter protesters came together.  There's no way that hearts and minds on both sides weren't changed due to the protests there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pClry-vNLE

I'm sure  you are right about the peaceful marches drawing attention to civil rights. But I don't think the draft burning and flag burning in the 60s/70s got us out of Vietnam any quicker.  The protests in Baltimore led to an over zealous prosecuting wrongly charging cops with abuse. 

We are a nation on the verge of anarchy.....remember......55 people were killed and over 2,000 were injured during the Rodney King riots. 

If more then 3 days pass without seafood at our house we nearly have a revolution.

#FishLivesMatter

That is an awesome story about the abortion clinic.

Certain people just end up hurting their cause....e.g. Westboro Baptist.  Also, I think a 'movement' needs to have strong leadership.  The occupy protests was gathering strength but died on the vine as they lacked focus and direction and all kinds of goofballs took over their protest with their own agendas which had nothing to with Wall Street greed.

The BLM movement needs a MLK voice not a Sharpton or Jackson......also BLM was founded on a lie of 'hands in the air' that was proven to be absolutely false based on forensic evidence.  Might want to hire a PR person to advise them to come up with a less divisive name.

Cow lives matter.

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That cow photo looks like something I'd expect to see on a Tour de France stage.

Cyclist lives matter!

Hell no......they have to live before I can eat them.  Every one of their lives matter to me.

ive heard of this thing...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb28IYXBi9A

This made me laugh.  Three wonderful hate groups throwing urine at each other.  

Activists from Black Lives Matter, Westboro Baptist Church and the KKK were in the square and, at one time, were said to be throwing urine at each other.

The best picture is of the Church group holding up signs that read "GOD HATES MORNING PEOPLE" and "GOD HATES BANGS".....well......duh.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1474100/outrage-after-restaurant-twists-black-lives-matter-protest-slogan-on-huge-billboard-advert/

'BLACK OLIVES MATTER' Outrage after restaurant twists ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest slogan on huge billboard advert 'BLACK OLIVES MATTER' Outrage after restaurant twists ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest slogan on huge billboard advert

If I were a green olive I would be offended.

William was in Flatliners, probably a bunch of other stuff I can't remember...

Protestor who started swinging at Police while we was lighting an American flag on fire and thought the Police were hitting him was arrested for assaulting the Police.

The reason the Police were patting and batting his leg?  Well.....let's just use the words of the Police Officer as it was happening....

"You're on fire, stupid!!!"

There are few things that bring me greater joy than watching people that light themselves on fire on accident when they try burning our great countries flag. 

I have always been amazed at the stupidity of American protestors who burn or stomp on the American flag.  I don't care what your cause is after that.  You might be protesting child abuse but you lost all sympathy when you stomped on the American flag.  But I don't think it matters to them.  I think most of them just want the negative attention.  They want to be on the news or in some anarchy video on u-tube.