Street protester
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Street protesting is a form of individual public demonstration, more prevalent in larger cities.
Characteristically, street protesters work alone, gravitating towards areas of high foot traffic, and employing handmade placards such as sandwich boards or picket signs in order to maximize exposure and interaction with the public. Courthouses and other government offices are favorite locations, used as a dramatic backdrop to highlight the particular injustices (usually of a highly personal nature) with which the demonstrator takes issue. Street protesters are often described as a "fixture" of the landscape or local flavor, due to the visibility afforded by their unusual degree of dedication. The causes they steward tend to range between the incoherent and/or enigmatic, to broad, unfalsifiable claims of persecution, such as energy-based mind control or harassment.
Due to their obsessive commitment to what are, at best, commonly considered marginal subject matters, street protesters are generally perceived as delusional or otherwise mentally ill.
