While the banner unfurled by student protestors at Q&A on Monday night wasn’t the greatest piece of protest paraphernalia created, the web is a treasure trove of funny, witty and poignant protest signs. We compiled a list of our favourites.
The Brits are very, well, British when they protest.
From mild mannered directness…
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…to the less polite, but by no means rude…
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…to just plain punny.
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Some protestors just really need to get things off their chests
Like this poor bloke…
…and this Mexican flatbread-deprived person…
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…and these brave guys at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
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Sometimes, it’s hard to know what the heck people are even protesting about.
I mean, really: what DO you want?
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But other times, they can tug at the heart strings
Like the signs by people hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012
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