Have you ever protested anything, and did you think it out first?

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Back in 2004-2009 I worked in a vasectomy clinic near Downey California.  We performed vasectomies, tubal ligations, prescribed birth control pills and other things.  Our charter prohibited us from performing abortions.  We were NOT an abortion clinic.  However there was an abortion clinic about three blocks away, in a less desirable part of town.  Evidently it was difficult to locate.

Often the “Pro-lifers” would picket outside our office (usually only for a few hours in the morning on Saturdays).  We used to laugh at them.  One time we thought about offering coffee and donuts to them, but we felt that was not prudent.  Company policy prohibited us from talking to the protesters. I guess the protesters did not notice that almost all our clients were men.  Last I knew not very many men had abortions! Hahahaha

One day a male client went outside and told the picket group that they had the wrong address.  They stood outside talking for quite a while, and then they left.  That must have been pretty embarrassing when you consider that they had been picketing us almost every weekend for three years.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes, Back in prehistoric days we had a dress code in school where a male's hair could not be so long  that it touched his shirt collar. 
I organized unannounced (to school staff)  lunch strikes, where scores of people would pack a lunch and defer the school lunch. 
When they had all that wasted food on random days, we sent a note as to why this occurred, and a month later the hair policy was relaxed.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm glad to hear that anti-abortion protesters were put in their place. Evil people.

I was, and am still, an activist. When an issue becomes important enough to me, I do protest, sometimes by Email, sometimes by phone, sometimes by walking around with a sign.  I walked with black kids in the 60s for racial equality. I've protested all wars since WWII. Took some lumps from these protests. I protested and worked for women's rights, and for the ERA. I've protested and worked for worker rights, worker security, and workplace safety. Spent 40 years in the US labor movement. I still am openly, and publicly protesting, our armed invasion of tiny Arab countries.

I have given each of these issues a LOT of thought. I then did what I thought was right, and was my responsibility, to do.

Andrew · Answer

I peacefully protested reading logs in 7th grade. XD

Marvin · Answer

Now that is damn funny.

If I ever do participate in a protest, I will think it out.

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Have you ever protested anything, and did you think it out first?

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