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I read an anecdote from Reddit about a protestor's experience in Occupy Wall Street. Some people just went along to the protests for the sake and experience of it. Many people didn't know what they were doing. I think this is why protests require some sort of organisation and leadership. The civil rights movement was so effective because they more were organised and had focus. Any movements after that haven't gained more momentum because of disparate structure and factionalism.
I've attended a few pro Palestine protests here in the UK and I was so unaware of what I was attending for the first one. I'm in a very liberal city and had previously gone to pride marches and trans pride 'protests' that were effectively demonstrations for fun as it was largely preaching to the choir.
Showing up to the first pro Palestine protest and realising that it's a coordinated effort to block roads and generally financially harm the companies that support Israel made me realise how naive I was being by conflating peaceful demonstrations to drum up support with a coordinated effort to harm the opposition.