If it doesn’t disrupt anything, can it even really be considered a protest?
Yes, it can. The goal of non-disruptive peaceful protests is sometimes just to stand up and make it clear that a significant number of people hold this view.
Sometimes the intended audience is the protesters’ own society, but in other cases it is intended as a show of solidarity to let oppressed people know they are not forgotten.
If it doesn’t disrupt anything, can it even really be considered a protest?
Nope, it can’t. Good luck explaining that to the “I get that climate but inconveniencing commuters illegal” contingent, though…
Yes, it can. The goal of non-disruptive peaceful protests is sometimes just to stand up and make it clear that a significant number of people hold this view.
Sometimes the intended audience is the protesters’ own society, but in other cases it is intended as a show of solidarity to let oppressed people know they are not forgotten.