Final Blog

In my first blog post I said; “We as people need change and protests are one of many ways in which to spur on such change.” I still believe with this statement, for every protest we have talked about in class has tried to initiate some sort of change. PETA for example tried to change people’s views about animal rights, Fahrenheit 9/11 tried to change people’s views about George Bush and the Iraq War, and so on.

In my blog I also said that “I believe that no matter how big or small a protest may be, what really matters is the amount of change that it perpetuates.” This is another statement that I found this class to reaffirm. For example, Critical Mass and The Yes Men are two forms of protests that are completely different but still effective. Critical Mass consists of thousands and thousands of people from all over the world who have so many different views. Many of them want more people to use bikes and stop driving cars, many are protesting for more bike lanes, and many are just having fun. No matter what their motives, it is still considered a protest. The Yes Men, on the other hand, consists of only two people. They both believe that the World Trade Organization is terrible and their protests focus on uncovering the organizations’ dirty truths. Each of these protests are completely different but they are effective in their own way. That’s why I think it is so hard to define a protest- because they come in so many shapes and sizes.