> the entire point of a protest is to express outrage in a way that may be uncomfortable for everyone else It sounds like your idea of a protest is necessarily

> the entire point of a protest is to express outrage in a way that may be uncomfortable for everyone else It sounds like your idea of a protest is necessarily aggravating. That may be non-violent, but it isn't peaceful. > unacceptable in a society based around individual freedom The mob aren't acting as individuals - which is the point, and any actual individuals are no longer free to use the road, which has been taken to the exclusion of others - your freedom has to end where in limits mine. Also, a large component of the threat posed by the mob is the anonymity it grants individuals to commit crimes; No society based around individual freedom should allow that kind of freedom.