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There isn't 1 type of protester. They are spread over a spectrum, from those who are totally peaceful, to the extreme end who are advocating violence against they "system". They also don;t have all the same demands, although they are generally in agreement of the 5 demands, however because this is a "leader-less" protest, it is hard to say which of those demands are of higher priority than others, i suspect the different factions of protests will have higher priority over certain ones.. e.g. front line protesters would probably value exoneration higher than the peaceful protesters.

But generally speaking, they come from all walks of life... There are now beginning to be more vocal anti-protest groups as well. So it's becoming increasingly a battle for public opinion. Whilst the front-line protesters have general public support, they will feel they have a mandate to continue what they are doing so propaganda machines from both sides are in full effect to try to win over public opinion.



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