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In more recent American and world history, protests have become a favorite tactic of liberals and revolutionaries, which are usually riots and not protests. A frequent pattern is to announce a "peaceful" protest and then provoke the authorities into using a degree of force which appears excessive. This tactic worked well at [[Kent State protests|Kent State]], where after student rioting and an alleged sniper attack, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students, killing four and wounding nine others. In several cases, liberals and revolutionaries often used the term "protest" to refer to what would be better described as [[riot]]s, and during at least the 1960s also mistook that for "free speech" and a demonstration of unpopularity for something, to the extent that several anti-war protestors assumed that North Vietnam having no protests meant that the North Vietnamese government was actually "popular" among the people of North Vietnam (when in reality, if the people attempted to speak out against the North Vietnam Communist regime, they would have been killed).

In more recent American and world history, protests have become a favorite tactic of liberals and revolutionaries, which are usually riots and not protests. A frequent pattern is to announce a "peaceful" protest and then provoke the authorities into using a degree of force which appears excessive. This tactic worked well at [[Kent State protests|Kent State]], where after student rioting and an alleged sniper attack, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students, killing four and wounding nine others. In several cases, liberals and revolutionaries often used the term "protest" to refer to what would be better described as [[riot]]s, and during at least the 1960s also mistook that for "free speech" and a demonstration of unpopularity for something, to the extent that several anti-war protestors assumed that North Vietnam having no protests meant that the North Vietnamese government was actually "popular" among the people of North Vietnam (when in reality, if the people attempted to speak out against the North Vietnam Communist regime, they would have been killed).

Since 1974, [[Pro-life]] activists have gathered every year at the National Mall to protest the unconstitutional "passage" of the "abortion law" [[Roe v. Wade]] by the [[Supreme Court]], which is not a legislature.  Every year the [[March for Life]] grows bigger.

For decades, peaceful [[Pro-life]] activists have gathered to protest unfair policies with great success.  In 1979, when the odds seemed inevitable and ratification of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] looked to only be a matter of time, [[Phyllis Schlafly]] organized a movement that worked very hard at the grassroots level to overcome and ultimately stop the ERA.  At one point, over 30 states ratified and 2/3ds of the Senate had already approved the amendment.  Schlafly didn't have the help of the Republican Party, she didn't have a conservative media that could be relied on, and she had a majority around her that preferred to be [[Silent majority|silent]] than be involved.  And yet even with all of these odds stacked against victory, she still won anyways.

 

Additionally, activists have gathered every year at the National Mall to protest the unconstitutional "passage" of the "abortion law" [[Roe v. Wade]] by the [[Supreme Court]], which is not a legislature.  Every year the [[March for Life]] grows bigger.

In the early years of the Presidency of [[Barack Obama]], conservative activists showed up in huge numbers to shut down D.C. for protests during the [[Tea Party Movement]]

In the early years of the Presidency of [[Barack Obama]], conservative activists showed up in huge numbers to shut down D.C. for protests during the [[Tea Party Movement]]