I doubt the utility of public demonstrations, preferring a lucid, cogently argued complaining writing.
Demonstrations that involve damage to people or property I consider criminal, whatever the cause they are supposed to further.
The demonstrations in America, protesting at the result of the presidential election seem particularly absurd. The only valid ground for protesting at an election is that the election was not properly conducted. I understand that no such complaint is being made in America, but that the protests are just about the result.
There may well be some grounds for complaint once the president elect gets round to doing something, but so far all he's had time for has been to visit the White House to see the outgoing president.
The main effect of pointless, violent protests against the election result is likely to be to strengthen the resolve of the winners and convince them that their opponents are delinquents.
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I think these demonstrations are more or less a safety valve for the powerful negative feelings engendered in many Americans by the election of this moronic, violent demagogue.
Perhaps demonstrations don't immediately achieve anything, but - speaking as one who has taken part in them - they do serve to make people who sense their own powerlessness feel that they are far from being alone.
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