# What would you do if an angry mob demands you raise your fist in support? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-an-angry-mob-demands-you-raise-your-fist-in-support/919071 "2020-08-26T14:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 57
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-an-angry-mob-demands-you-raise-your-fist-in-support/919071/57 "2020-08-26T21:42:21Z")
And here’s a link to a WaPo column with interviews after-the-fact. The woman, a Lauren Victor, had marched in previous BLM demonstrations. She explained her reaction like this: > “It just felt overwhelming to have all of those people come at you. To have a crowd — with all that energy — demand that you do this thing. In the moment it didn’t feel right” […] > “I didn’t think anyone was actually going to do anything to me. I appreciate their anger,” […] “On one level, my best guess was no one was going to hurt me. But those things turn on a dime.” > **[Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/08/25/dc-protesters-blm-diner-confrontation/)** > > In a scene played out several times in D.C. on Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights targeted White diners outside restaurants, chanting, “White silence is violence!” and demanding a show of support. One woman still... ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-an-angry-mob-demands-you-raise-your-fist-in-support/919071)._