When you hear about protests in the news, do you feel inspired to act, and how does that look for you?

Won’t definitely feel inspired, but will try to understand from their perspective to conclude from my view

Peaceful protests make me feel content to live in an open democracy. Inspiration depends on the cause, but protest coverage encourages me to understand different perspectives and form an opinion.

Usually not, as I mostly disagree with the causes they espouse.

I do, especially if the issue is regarding the environment, equality, human and non-human animal rights etc. I'll often show support online and offline via discussions, donations, sharing their media etc.

There are far too many people who join these groups and rally have other agendas and like to just cause anarchy and get offended over things that do not concern them. They probably don't even understand it in most cases.

I don’t feel particularly inspired to act. I mostly feel apathetic about protests, thinking that they are mostly meaningless.

generally with the current wave of protests, I feel put off. I feel that they a fascist mob seeking to silence opposition, not seek positive change.

Most protests are fuel/oil related gluing them self's to roads that they proberbly drive on for work , the hi vi's jackets they wear are made using oil , a stupid act that could cause riots and wars

I usually do feel inspired, if the cause is a just one such as for the environment, equality, animal rights etc. I may increase my donations to such causes, share positive information on them, talk about them with others, and increase my general support.

It would depend what it is. When I see people blocking traffic to stop climate change its pretty ironic.

Again we would be better off focusing on education, science and philanthropy to help us innovate.

Social issues can be tricky as you cant force people to think a certain way a better approach is more open debate where people feel safe to discuss edgy ideas at no risk of loosing thier job or reputation.

But to protest is a right and should always be aloud

I do feel inspired to stand up for what I believe in because there might be other who feel the same way

No... I think they are pointless, often disruptive, causing more chaos than they are worth.

it depends on the protest . certain topics i feel strongly about that do inspire me to act . however this is a rare occasion.

I feel inspired to try to be a good person and to help to achieve these goals

It depends entirely on the cause, and on the protest. A lot of causes rallied by social acitivists have been hijacked for personal or political gain, often to the detriment of the cause itself.

Depends if it’s a peaceful protest and what it is about. I don’t agree with blocking traffic and gluing yourself to roads.

Depends on the cause, I'm partial to Scottish independence

I do not feel inspired to act because of some protests which target highly valued historical artifacts being vandalised in order to gain publicity

No because some people take protesting to the extreme and it makes what your protesting about seem bad

Sometimes a protest might affect me, though usually they are inspiring me to educate myself better on the subject.

yes, depending on the topic. because for topics I am sympathetic to I want to change or fix it.

anti capitalist
better decisions to not damage environment

No, I believe that the state should prevent them, if it is a serious cause then they'd defeat the state

Social activism means society is broken. It shouldn’t be necessary.

Depends on it's validity and if it is affecting those in power to make the change or general people, and also how well it conveys it's message. I am a staunch environmentalist but I think just stop oil and greta thunberg are props that have done more harm than good, extremist views are not the answer - moderate, considered appeals to help the general audience understand why the environment issue is such a problem would be more beneficial.

I don't have strong opinions on this, but I understand the reasoning why

i feel very inspired to act because i belive that we should rebel against fascist ideals that are forced upon the public

depends on the protest, blocking hospitals is not cool but spray painting an office block is, like, get over it

I feel many of today's protests are a vehicle of self expression rather than actual movements for tangible policy change. That doesn't mean I don't support the ideals behind several protest movements, I just believe activists are ill-equiped and do not understand the meta-game of social change in the way previous movements did.

i do feel inspired and courage to protest against something wrong

Personally I can't do protests, but I'm always happy to see them. I hope that they actually make a change and the government doesn't ignore our voices, especially when it comes to things like LGBT rights which are consistently under attack and the Palestinian genocide. Protests show where the people stand.

I feel angry and sick to the back teeth of it all because of how most protests these days are completely unhelpful due to being disruptive, vandalistic and even hateful because of people with other agendas joining them and causing trouble

Protests are important and I hope that more thought goes into the organisation of protests. Well thought out protests will impact the decision makers only and not the innocent.