Sentences with phrase «protest against things»

And freedom includes the right to protest against things you don't think are right.

It's hard to protest against a thing, whether it's tailpipe emissions, oil extraction in Northern Alberta or the Gulf of Mexico or wherever else.

Not exact matches

The social media campaigns are clear signs of protest against «Trumpcare 2.0,» but they also spread a strong message to organizations and business leaders — and its something that all brands can learn a thing or two from.

«Their insistence that scripture contains all things necessary for salvation,» he writes, «was part of their protest against the Roman insistence on belief in dogmas like transubstantiation [and the perpetual virginity of Mary] as necessary articles of faith.

A number of my fellow rock - bohemians hungered to get «our 60s,» our movement that would unite our generation with purpose — it was feeling I felt throughout my 80s teenage - dom, but I became disturbed at the way the «political» longings were increasingly so content - empty, not seriously seeking any overall account of things, and thus seeming ready to embrace any ol' something to be against that would serve as an excuse to protest.

You may believe the Bible tells you gays should be able to marry or maybe even that blacks should not be able to marry whites (another thing people have used the Bible to protest against); however, that does not mean that US civil equal rights laws should be based on your personal religious beliefs.

Brooks defended the group's peaceful protest and said: «It is a personal witness against war and for a more peaceful world, and it is the way many things are changed, through direct action and through civil disobedience.»

The messaging galvanized many owners to kneel or stand elbows locked with their players against a common enemy: The President of the United States, and not racial injustice, the thing that kneeling was initially supposed to protest against.

Yes protest about ticket prices but don't get the two things mixed up otherwise no one will know who is protesting against what.

Now, removed from Kaepernick, who is on the outside looking in, with his stance distorted by arguments cowardly trying to look away from the original issue — claiming he kneeled against things that he didn't — and with the spotlight pointed at Trump rather than police brutality, the NFL has decided to protest without really protesting anything.

Everyone in the world knows Arsenal fans have dealt with a lot of things, from selling our best players, to missing out on top players and so on... But we are not known for turning against the club, that's why when the protest started i was happy and surprised and was praying we see changes.

In the overall scheme of things these pre-arranged little protests aimed at getting media coverage are not too effective and the e-mail blasts sent out by every special interest group to protest changes to their little corners of the budget pie and protect the paychecks of those who are writing them don't quite stack up against the masses that are overwhelming supporting the new Governor and the change he is attempting to bring to the state.

A lot of people gave their votes to the CPP to protest against the NPP because of all their corruption and so it has turned out to be a good thing.

AROUND the time of the G20 summit in London on 2 April, the streets of cities across the world were filled with people protesting against the excesses of the banking bosses, among other things.

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But parents and education activists who have been fighting against the Common Core standards for years now protested Alexander's insistence on pushing through the massive «bipartisan» bill in order to prove Congress could get things done.

And the uncomfortable truth seems to be that it doesn't matter, because the only thing an indie author can do at the moment to push back against this possibility would be to refuse to join KDP Select in (a somewhat symbolic and empty) protest.

when things go out of control, we invent ways to remind ourselves that we should protect the weaker and protest against devastating exploitation but we are still exploiting, and we are to be responsible for what we've done.

Instead of declaring victory, some continue to rally, protest and campaign against natural gas and its infrastructure — opposing the very thing that is achieving what they want.

Indeed, approximately 80 municipalities in this province have declared themselves to be «unwilling hosts» for wind turbine developments — a collective protest against legislation that smacks more of the Soviet than the Canadian style in getting things done.»