Why “protest” is being discussed
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I think limiting presidential terms is pretty American, I can't see why its undemocratic to stand for longer as long as there are still elections, free press, right to protest e…
by benrutter · Oct 26, 2026
They use pre-crime technology to decide who might violently protest and suppress them before it happens.
by Vaushite · Oct 26, 2026
The author doth protest too much!
by abstractspoon · Oct 26, 2026
Serbia's ruler VučIć concedes election to student-led protest
by Betelbuddy · Oct 25, 2026 · 8 points
The student protest movement “hacked” the authoritarian rule.
by layer8 · Oct 25, 2026
> violent rioters use the excuse of the peaceful organized protest to infiltrate and wreak havoc This is not true, and very much the kind of propaganda spewed by the (far-)right…
by constantius · Oct 25, 2026
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A protest is a public act of objection, disapproval or dissent against political advantage. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass political demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. When protests are part of a systematic and peaceful nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as civil resistance or nonviolent resistance. Read more on Wikipedia