# Examples of symbols of protest **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746 "2009-06-23T18:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/21 "2009-10-06T22:15:25Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Good but I preferred a simple FTA on someone’s field gear. A what now? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/22 "2009-10-06T22:40:00Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Most recently the teabags used in the Fox Astroturf Tea Paries Cite for “Astroturf”? And Fox had nothing to do with them except covering them. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/23 "2009-10-07T01:10:45Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Cite for “Astroturf”? And Fox had nothing to do with them except covering them. This _is_ a whoosh, right? Just in case- from [two weeks ago](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFCBeKcd-Wk)(long after this thread was last opened). As for astroturf, how 'bout [5+ year old pics](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/912-tea-party-photo-false_n_286082.html) being used to show Americans how huge the 9-12 events were? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/24 "2009-10-07T03:56:23Z")
Wearing empty holsters to protest not being allowed to wear full ones. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/25 "2009-10-07T04:55:58Z")
I have never encountered or even heard of that form of protest and I doubt most people have. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/26 "2009-10-07T14:21:32Z")
So? The OP didn’t ask for only _famous_ types of protest. I think when authorities [ban a form of protest](http://www.thefire.org/article/9338.html), it was getting attention. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/27 "2009-10-08T03:19:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > As for astroturf, how 'bout [5+ year old pics](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/912-tea-party-photo-false_n_286082.html) being used to show Americans how huge the 9-12 events were? Priceless. 😃 You realize at some point this will be the answer to a _2000s Edition Trivial Pursuit_ question: “What do the Republic of Kenya and the National Museum of the American Indian have in common?” ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/28 "2009-10-08T03:25:55Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > A what now? FTA was short for “f\*ck the army”. Grunts in the muck, many of them relatives, would ink it on their helmets or field gear as a visual form of protest. Made it a little hard to explain to Granny in the photos sent home -------- but all the rest of us enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746/29 "2009-10-08T03:53:44Z")
I can’t believe they put somebody throwing a shoe at GWB next to Marian Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial. I mean, really? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-symbols-of-protest/500746.md?page=1)