While I understand why people protest in the street, it really doesn’t do all that much… Perhaps there should be another term we use for large, permitted street gatherings, like an ‘awareness campaign’ or something.
I thought protests are supposed to be illegal, as you’re purposely disobeying a rule to show how ridiculous/unjust it is.
purposely disobeying a rule to show how ridiculous/unjust it is
I think that’s civil disobedience, the definition for protest is below:
protest /prə-tĕst′, prō-, prō′tĕst″/
To express a strong objection to (something).
“protest a job assignment.”
To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to (something): synonym: object.
Civil disobedience can happen at a protest, but the protest itself isnt the same.
Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority).
While I understand why people protest in the street, it really doesn’t do all that much… Perhaps there should be another term we use for large, permitted street gatherings, like an ‘awareness campaign’ or something.
I thought protests are supposed to be illegal, as you’re purposely disobeying a rule to show how ridiculous/unjust it is.
I think that’s civil disobedience, the definition for protest is below:
Civil disobedience can happen at a protest, but the protest itself isnt the same.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
At that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification! I was definitely confusing the two.
Protests should be outside the homes of politicians and in the offices of the rich. Not the streets