[basementcat]

If the number of threats of physical harm (death, disfigurement, rape, etc) my colleagues are receiving are an indication, I feel the protests are having an effect.

[eat-darich]

The only issue I see with protests are they can be simply ignored by people in power.

But when you boycott, you are doing that very thing to the people in power. Ignoring them. It's the reverse uno card if you will.

[basementcat]

I would agree that protests alone are less effective than if they are combined with other things.