//Could you not see yourself at a protest, NJ?//
Very unlikely. So unlikely as I think I could say "never".
I learned at a very early age that they serve no purpose, very rarely achieve their aims but inconvenience others to sometimes an alarming degree. There were some ER protests last year or whenever it was where lunatics were gluing themselves to Dockland Light Railway trains, and where one was summarily removed from the roof of a train by the baying mob. Reports highlighted that some travellers had been prevented from keeping urgent hospital appointments. Of course the ER nutters will say that's just too bad, if there's climate change there will be no hospitals, etc. etc. Try telling that to somebody suffering from cancer who was on their way for treatment.
Protests of the type under discussion here invariable cause such inconvenience and I actually believe protesters display supreme arrogance by thinking that their protests are far more important than the ability of others to go about their daily lives. I made this point earlier in this thread and received the response that of course the right to protest was far more important than avoiding inconvenience to others, so I rest my case.