I thought protests were democratic and A Good Thing™?
See also Paradox of Tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictatorship_of_the_majorit...
https://edsitement.neh.gov/curricula/alexis-de-tocqueville-t...
Personally I'm still on the Tocqueville's side.