It's the ultimate statement of protest and despair.
This sparked instant criticism by The View co-hosts to the point where Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked off the show as a statement of protest -- just as US officials walk out of the UN when Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spews anti-Semitic comments.
The Communist Party of the Philippines was one of the few groups to make even a statement of protest about the visit by the United States Marines.
Analysts said that if the block was a temporary statement of protest, it could backfire because of the avalanche of news coverage that the site had received for taking down the ads.
Nato issued a statement of protest at the Russian incursions, adding: "Allies also note the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour".
Their small statement of protest put them on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and earned them a Diane Sawyer interview, something that could not be replicated by any rock or pop or movie star whose protests are frankly expected.
But when the second encore came around, Mr. Vedder emerged cradling a mask of President Bush, and sang "Bushleaguer," a strong statement of protest: "Drilling for fear keeps the job simple/Born on third, thinks he got a triple".
You may not realise that the critic exhorting you to check out that Iranian claymation epic is only doing so as a statement of protest against Western interference in the Middle East.
Kaepernick began his protest as a way to call attention to systemic racial injustice and police brutality against black people, but in recent months, the kneeling gesture been co-opted as a general statement of protest against President Donald Trump.
At a 1981 meeting of Argentine writers in Buenos Aires he helped draft a statement of protest concerning writers who had disappeared.
