In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike the bare-faced Oliver Twist effrontery that stands vulnerably before authority, asking for more or better.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
We want people to have the right to express their concerns and frustration and protest in a peaceful manner.
Protesting is fundamentally submissive.
Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
The Adequate Protest demands far more than protests. It calls for Great and Daring Leaps of Integrity and Courage to See.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
The violent rioting that is sometimes now being called protesting - it makes the emotions so high that you almost cannot see the insults and injuries that are the people are suffering.
What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.