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by Tijdreiziger 1029 days ago
Please don’t encourage this. Last year, multiple Dutch politicians were threatened at their homes by protestors wielding torches, with some leaving politics out of fear for their families.

If you want to use your right to protest, do so without threatening people’s life and family.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2434583-politici-voelen-zich-onveilig...

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Or, maybe if you’re a politician, don’t do actions that will cause people you represent to threaten violence against you. Just a thought.
Somehow it is only a small part of the political spectrum whose voters have felt the need to resort to such actions.

Assuming you’re familiar with Dutch politics, I’m sure I don’t need to spell out which part and what percentage of Dutch voters they represent.

protests are meaningless if they don't disturb.