So I don't know much about protesting, but I was talking to someone the other day and they told me an interesting little anecdote. There was a city that passed some very strong anti-vagrancy laws that had upset a lot of people. To protest, they decided to occupy the city park after dark, one of the things that became outlawed because of said laws. The police would come to talk to them and said they're allowed to stay and protest, but they have to fine them. The protesters accepted their fines, stayed to protest, and on this went for about a week or so. To make a long story short, everyone kind of won in this. The protesters got to protest, the city collected revenue in both fines as well as court fees to have the protester's records dismissed. Everyone got to go home happy. Except the homeless, cause they didn't have homes to go home to and the protesters didn't change a thing in regards to the law.

That said, I don't know how I feel about violent protests either. What good is the world to anybody if all we ever do is threaten to burn it down?