Because unlike some people on this board I went to both of my cities protests to have dialogue and support the one that made sense. 95% of the people that paraded around the capitol here just wanted to be able to go out again.

And I don't know what persecution complex you have. No one said you couldn't protest. They said you were disgusting for protesting in that manner for those things. Again that's how the first amendment works. The only suppression of protests going on are the police suppressing these. Notice how ones with less police presence are somehow less violent?