Protesting is...

... Protesting is... an attractive afternoon outing for the generally dissatisfied to ease their conscience from a life otherwise exclusively occupied with accumulating abundance... a chance to chant childish slogans, arm-in-arm with an eclectic assortment of individuals enthusiastically united in apparent outward unanimity, yet often entirely opposing interests... an almost universally ineffective effort, as the disrespectful and destructive actions of the "leaders" discredit any potentially valid concerns of those further back in the pack... a somewhat crude, unimaginative tribal-like gathering of those with an almost unconscious affinity with others equally antagonistic towards any authority- whether politicians, police, priests, or parents... a fairly confused fantasy that one is "doing something", when the reality is that one is actually "doing nothing".