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Originally Posted by Jack_

Protesting and intolerance do not go hand in hand with each other, and this is a really dangerous attitude I've seen develop of late. In a democracy (which people often like to reiterate), you are entitled by rights to freedom of assembly and to protest about issues you care about. These do not recede just because an election has taken place, people are allowed to be critical of the result, it is irrelevant whether or not it will change anything - they are entitled to make their voice heard.

You will often find people who break the law in any kind of protest and that's in part both because some people will always spoil it for everyone else and that police tactics such as kettling will make it inevitable. But that doesn't mean it applies to everyone who protests, the vast majority are tolerant and are just exercising their democratic right. The media's treatment of Trump keeps being brought up so it's also worth pointing out that their depictions of protests can often be distorted so as to rubbish a cause and paint everyone involved as petty thugs. It works both ways.



Many Bernie supporters did in fact protest after it transpired how manipulative the DNC had been in securing Clinton's nomination.

In this case it appears to have far more to do with sour grapes than having a voice, they have just had that. Unfortunately for them more voices had a different opinion.

I really think they believe if they shout loud enough someone will hear and maybe another Ms Miller will come along and throw a spanner in the works. In their dreams! Trying it on basically!