Have you ever been in a riot, protest or a walkout?

Question

Please just not 'yes'. Some elaboration as why and what would be nice.

Answer 1

Riot.

It was when the Iranians took our people hostage. Some IRANIANS were protesting Americans being in Iran. They were chanting "We don't need your U.S. spys"

Well, I had to start a different chant, " Let them go!"

Pretty soon there was a shove, and it was ON!

I bashed a lotta heads that day. The guy who was shouting at me in my face with a bullhorn? I tried to shove it down his throat. I rammed it into his face anyway and I felt it crunch so....

We all pretty much bolted when the cops showed up leaving the wounded Iranians to take the rap.

Yup- I'd do it again!

Answer 2

Yes, all three unfortunately. Very stressful situations.

Answer 3

I walked out of a really bad movie once... does that count?

Answer 4

When I was 5 or six, my church protested against gangs and marched against it.

Answer 5

Been on demos.

Answer 6

Protest. A "sit-in" at a public library in a small town in Georgia where a black person couldn't even get a library card. I was arrested and put in jail for one night. It was worth it because one of the others in jail with me was a 30-year-old minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 7

I care

but I don't care that much

Answer 8

nope

Answer 9

Been in multiple protests (even one today) and a walkout or two.

EDITED: Fair enough.  I have been in numerous protests for a number of causes.  Most importantly against the war in Iraq on three different occasions.  All were very orderly and kinda fun.  I was in the Seattle protests against the WTO (but not much in the protest or violent portions).  Today, I was in a protest as part of my union demanding the ratification of a contract we've been negotiating for a few months.  I have been directed by police on a few occassions to move, I've complied and have never been arrested.  Generally, protests are good places ot meet people and talk for a while to connect and discuss ideas.  I'm not sure how productive they are (particularly in the U.S. context); however, they do seem to help movements come together and then have some creative energy.

Any other questions or comments, I'll edit.

P.S. technically a riot and a fight are different.

Answer 10

Yes in high school. I walked out of class to protest the dress code that was being forced on us.

This was in 1968.

Answer 11

I publicly dissented at a school assembly once. The principal had asked me not to talk about s*x education for our school, but when I got up to give a report of the minutes from my city's youth council (which I sat on) I simply read the minutes as discussed and asked for a show of hands. The principal was not happy, but against government & Dept of Education orders, senior students were granted free access to local doctors for s*x counselling etc.

I don't participate in marches etc. as I think they are usually counter-productive, and there's always a militant (and generally unwashed) element that wants to pick fights.

Answer 12

In the sixties, I participated in a war protest with other college students. We just marched and chanted. I was a total moron but did not know it because I was a college student who had zero life experiences and was so totally naive.

Answer 13

not in a while