Originally posted by fastball
It's one thing to voice your opinion against something. It's another to cause public disturbance, halt the flow of trafic, get in the face of people who just want to go to work or go shopping, fight, riot, anything else that breaks the law. An organized protest with a permit scheduled for a certain time, abiding by that permit, and staying out of the way of trafic and pedestrians can get more respect from the opposition than causing a raucus and making yourself look like a fool. That accomplishes absolutly nothing.
I agree with that sentiment.
The worst thing I have seen is "peace" protesting and it turns to vandalism of monuments...or like in Portland, OR they stopped freeway traffic.
Counter productive to fight for peace and yet cause the exact opposite of peace.