Protesting versus democracy

Apropos the debate around the right to protest, this is something I've written about a few times in passing and directly here.

Last week, a Jewish man - Gideon Falter - was challenged by the police near to a 'pro-Palestinian' protests. As the BBC reported, 

"On 13 April Mr Falter, who was wearing a kippah skull-cap, was threatened with arrest and told by police his presence was causing a "breach of peace". He has called for the Met's commissioner to resign."

It was interesting to read the perspective of the Community Security Trust - a charity helping UK Jews with security and antisemitism. 

Our problem is that 'protest' and activism are valorised and treated as indispensable parts of our political discourse. In my view, they are often counter-democratic.