I don't see any of what we are discussing to come only under political. It involves political aspects but it is also our current life. We are controlled by health, religion and politics. Anyone of those can be singled out, but they are all connected and not just connected but extremely connected. If we cannot express even a little of ourselves in an area that is polite and more tolerant of Chit Chat, then where can we and then what happens to us. I'm to old to protest on the streets now, but that doesn't mean that I don't have an opinion or an emotional connection to our current lives and those three aforementioned topics are basically the trifecta of our existence right now.
Yes, we can speak about the minor things that our life involves right now, but there is just so much anyone can say about needing a haircut or the roots rejuvenated but that does get tedious and seems pretty trivial after awhile. Let's face it all of us are emotionally fired up one way or the other. The only ones that aren't would be not among the living! It is part of our world for the time being and needs to come out in one form or the other. Me, I could tell you about how I noticed that a large length of my crown molding in my apartment hasn't been painted since God was a baby, but, I doubt anyone would really care all that much. So, if protesting is such a terrible thing then what is the alternative? Rolling over and letting the loudest among us control our everyday life when they aren't listening to the people? That same argument was used in the 60's, nothing is new it just returns to happen again. However, some major positive changes happened because of the activity of the 60's and we cannot let bad things happen without being heard.