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American conservatives generally align with support of the 2nd Amendment, largely as a means to keep the government in check. As Jefferson wrote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
But if American conservatives are so against the government, why doesn't this translate to large protest movements? Sure, you see the occasional March for Life protest in the news, but it's not really a central part of American conservative culture like it is with liberals. Even more, these folks tend to be critical of protests for blocking traffic, causing a ruckus, or just generally being cringe. (Note, I am not including riots in this.)
Conservatives abroad have no problem rioting, be it Canadian truckers or French yellow vests, or Dutch farmers, and so on. This seems to be unique to American conservatives.
To sum up, if American conservatives make challenging the government a core part of their culture, then why are they so averse to protesting?
EDIT: Who released this talking point? https://imgur.com/a/qSd2mel
I disagree.
I'm with you in the sense that cities are primarily liberal but there's still a decent subset of conservative people within these cities and, critically, there are people who aren't necessarily conservative that would be receptive to more conservative messages if the proper work was done.
The issue is conservatives don't really know how to message properly in the sense that they can't "reach across the aisle" on a broad scale. They can target demographics (kind of) but it's possible to form a conservative protest movement based around an idea that non-conservatives would potentially support.
That's part of how more liberal protests have worked for decades.
I don't think you would find many counter protesters at a protest against a school district for not providing lunch to their students. That's an issue that can be couched in issues that are highly visible in the contemporary conservative oeuvre (welfare of children) as well as an issue that could appeal to a much broader audience and, again, I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone to protest in favor of kids not getting food.
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Nobody gets paid to protest.
Organizers get paid a pittance, if that. The people actually showing up maybe get a snack. Most protest organizing movements don't have the budget to pay for protesters. They barely have the budget to pay for things like gas for organizers or phones. I've been an activist for close to 30 years and been involved with a number of campaigns, not once have I ever encountered anyone talking about getting "paid to protest."