The easiest thing to do, beyond doing nothing at all, is to be cynical about the purpose of protesting injustice.
“What is it going to do?” the weary cynics ask. “What effect will it actually have? Nothing is going to change, so why bother?”
I heard so many scoffing variations of such sentiments last week, when percolating conversations between the Raptors and Celtics about boycotting Game 1 of their playoff series to protest police brutality and racial injustice after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin turned into genuine action when the Bucks boycotted Game 5 of their series against the Magic.