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Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - IS innately disruptive of “business as usual.” That is WHY it is effective.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Activist
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Conspiracy Theorist
Feminist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
California
Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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