Protest, at its heart, should be uncomfortable

So why do people whine?

Since the weekend, hundreds of pro-choice protesters have showed up at the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Samuel (The Leaker) Alito, and Black-Out Brett Kavanaugh. This is after the publication of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade, and throws women’s ability to make decisions about their reproductive lives into severe jeopardy.

The reaction to the protests was fast on social media, and much of it ran along the lines of encouraging protesters to treat people’s homes as sacrosanct, and whinging on that it is bad form to show up at people’s personal haunts to protest.

Yawn.

That’s like clutching pearls over Black Lives Matter protests — which are, you should know, exceptionally peaceful, over all.

People who complain about made-up violence want protesters to just stop already, go home, and suck it up (I guess). I can count the protests I’ve attended on one hand, and I can tell you that for people in power, the idea that people want some of that power is threatening, no matter how you hold your sign, or what your sign says. Before we worry over the sanctity of a Supreme Court Justice’s driveway, please remember the death threats against Christine Blasey Ford, who testified at Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmation hearing that the soon-to-be-Supreme-Court-Justice sexually assaulted her when they were in high school together. For her testimony, she has had to move more than once.

A protest that’s acceptable to the ruling power is really nothing more than a parade and we haven’t the time for parades.