Like yourself...public .protesting was never my deal....I did teach folks how to politically get the attention of their leaders ....though, at the request of my Catholic Charities boss.

For me it was the Iraq war....I just couldn't buy the WMD argument...decided to march in SF...had a lot of trouble finding someone to go with..but did....and was terribly impressed with the presence of so many faith traditions particularly the Quakers..now of course..it's history.

Your very recent and very ugly reason for protest is what to some degree or other  I think has/is changing the equation....reaction wise.

When we as a country begin to approximate Germany in the early 30s ..this gets attention. As Thomas Friedman said...these alt right folks were always there but we didn't know....and now they have been given social permission to display their arts and we, I think, have been given a serious obligation to protect our democracy.