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The Protest Beard There comes a time in every man's life when he must decide who he is and what he stands for. Almost as importantly, he must decide that which he stands against. There are many things to stand against and many ways to protest your opposition. But history has shown one method to be popular, unfailingly attractive, and very powerful - the growing of a protest beard. A beard shows the world that your refuse to conform to anyone's arbitrary styles and He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard
is less than a man. (from William Shakespeare) Thank you very much for your support of Protest Beard! |
Protest History..
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Woody Allen Well my name's not really Woody Allen. I just use that so I sound like a Penis and not a Jew. I am 75 years old. And I'm protesting 'I'm only a beard'. Seriously guys I'm super cereal, I'm only a beard. You can link my wikipedia entry cause I don't internets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_(companion) |
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The Bearded Lady I am an old phenomenon. I am protesting hypertrichosis and anabolic steroids. |
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Black Beard Twas 330 years since my Mother ship broke water, alas 292 of those years I've been dead at the bottom of the sea. I protest for your souls to join me in your deep watery graves. RRR I shall all thee booties. |
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Doug Swenson I am 38 and we are protesting the coach of the Dallas Cowboys - Wade Phillips. |
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Dan I'm 18 and I'm protesting others who can grow beards but won't. Disgusting. |
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Samuel A. Merica I'm Uncle Sam. My current picture is from the War-era America, but I'm as old as freedom itself. |
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Ross Arlen I am 20 years old, and a humanities student. I smoke a pipe, drink ale from tankards, never wear t-shirts, and read books that are covered in leather. |
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Benjamin I'm 22, why do I grow a beard? It started off a few years ago, at that time I did it only because I could. Now? I grow this beard because it is the one thing I can do better than 99% of people I know; because "I don't give a f*ck"; and because my closest friends have told me it is kicka$$. |
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Hoodstar 21 I'm 18 and barely have a beard, my mom doesn't want me to have have one. |
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Thomas Blackwell I'm 30 years old and I hate fun. |
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C. K. Smith I am 22 years old. Due to the growing rate of the metrosexual, limp wristed sissies of the world, i will now grow my beard.It will distinguish me and all others who join in a the alpha-males of our society. In a crisis, do you think the world will look to clean shaven politically correct wimps? No, they will look to the men that command their respect by proudly sporting their God-given beards. Cheers Gentlemen. |
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Don Bena Purdyboy I'm 59, and feel like looking my age. I don't want to look like some slick-faced pretty boy, dag nab it! I'm a grown man, by cracky! Now, go on! Git offa my lawn, you young whippersnapper, before I . . . . |
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Rob Jones ""Men cannot grow beards in space."" |
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Ernesto Calderone I always tell stories. That is why I have a beard. |
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Jordan Ososki 28 years old |
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Richard B Gordon, PE 52 years of age.I am a president of a large engineering firm and have decided today to grow my beard. Society hates beards because it is masculine. Society today in America has been feminized and men are made to feel unacceptable in business and in their personal lives with their women if they have a beard, for the most part. Some women do like beards, and find them sexy. Those women are probably the most passionate also. Anyway, regarding business with a beard in America, I am declaring that THE FEAR OF MAN IS A SNARE. God put hair on man's face for a reason He thought as a good idea. Who are we to argue with a perfect creator? |
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G. Edward Griffin I am protesting Collectivism by promoting an idea who's hour has come, the social model of Individualism, because, Those without power cannot defend freedom. "Why fight City Hall when you can BE City Hall! freedom-force.org |
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EveryoneELSE I'm 20 and cant grow a beard on the OUTSIDE. however, I grow one on the INSIDE in protest to all you 17-25 yo hairy guys being the only ones who care to post something on the internet. where are the older guys with a beard-relevant HISTORY? I envy you all, and must suffice in life by guilting my hairy friends who shave into possessing a gift they dont disserve.. gods speed. LONG LIVE PAUL BUNIAN! |
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Baran I'm 17 and I'm protesting a school law here in my country, that you cannot grow beard. The day I graduate (next year) I'll grow my beard till the day I die. |
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Tommy Damn right. |
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Sheaffer Johnston I'm 17 and my beard and I are protesting the poor educational systems and the ignorance of today's society. |
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Ryan Dick Im 37 and Im protesting the vain ignorance of society, razors and discrimination against the bearded!!! |
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Sandeep Singh i am a sikh i am son of sardar we are the followers of the nature and its rules and we grow our long bear punjabi name (DADA) i love my dada a lot |
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Dogbert I am old enough, and protesting baths. |
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Dina i am 14years old ;p |
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Josh M. Quall I've had a beard since the age of 17 and I'm twenty one now. I will continue my facial hair growth until the day I DIE!!! |
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Tony I'm protesting the belief that only cool & awesome people have beards... as I am neither cool or awesome I feel I can go some way in addressing this misconception |
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Chris Real men have beards. |
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Bearded Man's Girlfriend I'm a 20 year old woman and therefore unfortunately cannot grow a beard. To make up for that, I am in full support of my boyfriend's beard growth in protest of governments' ever-reaching interference in people's lives. Oh, and beards are sexy. Just saying... |
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Curt D i'm 37 , my Magnificent Beard is a protest to the current state of the world....it's fucked and everybody knows it...but no one is willing to stop |
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elliott im 23 and i like to hide things in my beard. i am protesting the internet |
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Smokey T. Bear I'm protesting forest fire |
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Charles Robert Darwin I'm protesting that even 128 years after my death, we're still debating this shit. |
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Blair I grew my Beard because All great men have beards... Santa Claus, Jesus, Joesph,Obi Wan, Grizzly Adams, Abe Lincoln, and Kimbo Slice so I wear it as an Ode to the Great men with Beards! Even Clint Eastwood has rocked the beard... Need I say more? |
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Joey
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Paul I'm 19 and still can't grow a beard for shit. To compensate, I live out my beard ambitions through other people, making them feel guilty for not growing a beard if they are capable. I wish, with all my heart, that I could grow a beard. I envy you men. God Speed. |
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eppeeepee i'm 19 and i'm protesting razorblade |
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Ben Faulkner I'm 25, going on 26, and my beard, initially resulting from a lost bet, is now my protest against the idea that for one to be an upstanding gentleman and "professional" that one has to be hairless. |
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Gregory A beard is a sign of maturity in man. It is an acceptance of the natural image God made a man to have. It signals a lack of vanity. It seems that a man who spends a lot of time in front of the mirror is vain, and woman like. The Bible forbids shaving and rounding the beard, as did the apostles who were all obedient to the law. Image is important, should not Christians be obedient as was Jesus and all the later followers of Christ till very late in history? A beard is a glory to man, it is as the mane of the lion. Can we concieve of an african lion with it's mane shaved off? How much the creature would be less without it! I do not see a beard as a "protest beard", rather simply what is natural in a man. The absence of one is what is unnatural. |
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Josh My beard is in protest of getting ID'd all the time despite not looking 17, 'how many children do you know with a beard? give me my alcohol'. |
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Jaime im protesting the use of mathematics and its consequences, |
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(A). of XS|2Y. I am 29 and founder of XS|2Y. I look like Fidel Castro with my beard. I have been growing it for some time now but I protest against this fickle, recycled plastic popular culture and the fact that it has been completely dominated by mediocracy and twilight. uugghhhh. |
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Master Yayo my name it means nothing |
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Eric I'm 20, and I'm protesting soulless music made without real instruments. |
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Mike I Just turned 18 to day and i will start my beard in the same day. I grow it in protest of Disney contaminating the music industry with talentless filth. My beard will grow untill music doesn't come in a can but is as free to flow as my facial hair in the wind |
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Andy Olson I'm 23 and I'm protesting pretty much everything, live in Madison, Wisconsin, software developer by trade. :) |
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Dsalvaje i'm a 24 year female, and have decided TODAY that i will stop waxing my beard and be one with the great men in history!!! |
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Davey I am protesting my own beard by growing a beard. This is a protest-protest. |
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Tomás Engle 25 years old |
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David I'm 22, and I grow out my beard to protest everything conformist about society. BE YOURSELF! |
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Geoff I'm 23 years old and have had a beard since I was 17. My beard is grown to protest the current government, as i have been displeased with it for the past 9 years. But it was only until 6 years ago that I figured out what I should do about it. |
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Travis K i love my beard and i get ridiculed everyday for it |
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Mikado iam the guy towards the right side and the guy with the tan hat in those pictures and the guy with the blonde beard.. wish it was thicker but time will tell iam only 22 years old now... |
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Mark I am protesting the idiocy of corporatism. |
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Demetrick Duper The age of Hip-Hop has hit its greatest stump. I post this photo in spite of all of the young 18-to-25-year-old peers who have regressed to mindlessly taking off their shirt, and licking their lips; leave it to LL Cool J, guys. Develop your own sense of style, and originality. LIVE! ACT OUT! DROP THE WAYNE! PICK UP THE OLD-SCHOOL! COMMON! ASHERU! A TRIBE CALLED QUEST! IT'S TONS OF BETTER RAPPERS! I'm protesting this pathetic drought of talent in Hip-Hop with my beard! The companies are controlling your mine with money! They are monopolizing the Industry with ignorance! WAKE UP, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS! IT'S OKAY TO ROCK TO IRON MAIDEN! |
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Astarte With my stubbly man growth and bulging power armor, I purge the xenos and heretics that threaten the Imperium of Man. |
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Shran I protest nothing. Nothing is the cause of all evil. |
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Action Hank It's not the beard on the outside that counts. It's the beard on the inside. |
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Josh I am really fucking old. I'm protesting the fact that Arthur isn't king yet. I am also protesting the fact that Gandalf stole my look. |
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Gandalf My name is Gandalf the White, formerly Gandalf The Grey. I have walked this Middle-Earth for 300 lives of Men. I am protesting the Dark Lord Sauron and his attempts to take over the world. I also protest my former friend and ally Saruman, who, despite his epic beard, is a douchebag. |
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Harrison I am 21 years old. I have had a beard of sorts since I was 16 years old. Every year since then, in the dead of winter, I would shave my beard completely off. I never understood why. I suppose it was just so I wouldn't forget what I looked like or who I was, and to experience the cold again. To witness its ferocity. But this year, and from now on, I will never shave my beard. I will never trim my beard. I am growing this beard to protest ignorance. Things need to change, and people need to grow. I hope that as my beard grows so will their knowledge, tolerance, and their souls. Go with God, be him above you looking down, or in you looking out, be him in the earth or in the sea, be him everywhere or nowhere. Whatever you believe in, stay true to it, and set an example for others to follow in peace. The beard is strong. The beard is good. The beard is me. The beard is you. |
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Jay Rowland I'm 23 and in protest of being bare faced. |
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Josh My beard grows for simplest and purest reasion: I protest shaving AND haircuts. Down with haircuts! |
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Karl Marx I protest capitalism. |
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John Peterson I'm 18 years old and I'm protesting everything that is wrong with society in general. I'm protesting war, famine, poverty, discrimination, terrorism, oppression, and many other things that cause this world to be a horrific place. I plan on continuing to protest until the world is a more just place. I'm and I'm only on my second week of my beard... I have facial hair but you can't see it. But when people can see it I'll be sure to let them know why I have it. |
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Josh I am 20 year old university student, whose protesting the devastating side effects of capitalism and the effects of industrial corporate agriculture and factory farming that's slowly destroying the world and exploiting hard workers and animals everywhere. |
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A Dash of Ginger I am 16 years old and I grow my beard in protest of overbearing codes of appearance in schools everywhere, the death of masculinity in the public mind, and the American government's deception of its people on almost every topic of importance for the past 50 years. |
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Nicholas Pride I am 27, and I am protesting society. |
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Chuck I hate my job, like most people. What's different is that I received a death threat at my job and the money-grubbing corporation I work for would rather keep the would-be assailant as a customer than allow me to feel safe at work. In other words, the few hundred dollars a customer in is worth more than my life. |
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John Eden I am 33 and have now grown my beard for 1 year without cutting it. As a professional engineer I have taken quite a bit of teasing and "subtle" hints to cut it at work. I can't say that I started growing it for any reason other than for last years holloween party but I decided not to cut it partly because of the social pressure TO cut it at work. At last I intend to finally trim it somewhat after holloween as I feel I have made my point and frankly I'm just ready to have it a little shorter (especially the moustache). The Most Interesting Beard in the World (video) |
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Captain Davy Jone I am old as sin. |
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BeardHeart A beard is somethings that comes from within, It cant be simply "worn" or "grown". It is lived, in the minds of the individuals that stand for something they believe in. I've met men with the most cleanly shaven faces or those who cant grow one carry the most surly of beards in their hearts. They transcend all reality. |
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Beards are cute!! Yes, I am a female. |
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Peter I'm protesting everything. |
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teli HaMashiach I am 28 years old - I am protesting a couple of things. One womens heart crushing skills and 2 (most importantly) The fact that people do not fully comprehend the true nature of Liberty.. That is inherent in the nature of mankind itself. For when one comes to understand what Liberty truly is, they would not be able to rally around others to rule over their lives and well being. Liberty is incompatible with Government. Now this does not mean to say that there should be no Law, but it means to say the law to be followed is the Laws of Nature. That has a foundation of which no man, woman of any color race, religion, creed does not have any authority to impose their will over another. With this simple foundational law, it resolves all issues among mankind.. We are free and free we are! freeworld! - Come leave the Kingdom and join us in Freedom. -A place where we are all equal and respected. We are Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. - It's the freedom message that brings us together, is doesnt divide us. Peace peace |
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Jarkwright I'm 17, and I'm hairy as shit. I am sick and tired of the Pseudo feminine males portrayed as attractive by the media, and it disgusts me that MANLINESS is not only no longer respected, but it's frowned upon. You should be proud of your hairy chest, manly face, and flannel shirts. FUCK SKINNY WAXED MALE CELEBRITIES. |
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Andrew Prokop 19 year old college student, protesting the future clean shavedness that i may have to endure |
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Forest 18yo. I'm protesting the extortion of the American people by the Department of War (I mean Defense. Excuse me). If we are going to be at war, end that shit quick and don't undermine the capabilities of a marine and his rifle by having us squat in a desert for six odd years while bastards like Haliburton and KBR get rich on America's tax money. The Defense Department defends the US from the enemies of the rich. What stake do the poor or middle class of America have overseas? None. I grow my beard for the Americans who don't know why asking questions is incompatible with being patriotic. The social contract has been broken. My beard shall grow on. |
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Forest the secret cabal of assholes that are ruining the world. |
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Cale I am 23 years B.A. and I am protesting the Prison-Industrial complex that puts 1% of the American population in prison/jail. 1 in 19 American men are in some form of punishment, mostly for non-violent drug charges. |
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Forest 20. Protesting the monetary system, and its expensive razors. and how media would rather me have a clean shaven face by buying its expensive razors. jerks. |
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Matthew Straw I am 25. I am protesting shaving for "no shave november"... again |
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Chad Norri I'm 34. Finally, I can grow a beard. Death to the world! |
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Taylor I'm protesting our hyperreal, consumption driven society and the ridiculous myth of American Exceptionalism. I'm attempting to living life in a meaningful and authentic way, acknowledging the fact that ultimately we live into mystery. |
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Garrett I am 26, I am protesting protesting....and protestants. http://www.garretmclarke.com/ (nice photos) |
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Buster Blue This beard grows for freedom. |
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Kara I am 18, and I am protesting the fact that I can't grow a wicked beard like Gandalf. |
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Doug I'm 18 and i'm protesting my inability to grow a beard D: |
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Matthew Loose 18 i am protesting people without beards, and those with beards who do not allow them to become ranked as an epic beard |
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Branko Djurkovic aka BRANKKO I've just wanted to make a difference, and I liked it... |
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Johnny I'm 27 and I'm protesting the pussification of American Men and Youth. You don't need to see a shrink everytime you see something you weren't suppose to see, and Men don't wax their backs or eyebrows...C'MON AMERICA!!!!!!!!! |
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Vexx I'm protesting the fact that I can't grow one yet. Being young sucks... |
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Robin Bank I'm 19 and I am protesting cold faces. |
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Aaron Blakeley I am 25. I am protesting the fact that men just don't raise there son, or love there wives, or serve there community, or champion for whats right. We let the women and a few "chosen" men do all the work. If you can grow a beard then you should be a champion for good in the world not a lazy debaucherus football watching sitcom stereotype. |
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Daniel I'm protesting idiots who get sucked into the fad of hating the US government/corporations when they really have little information regarding them. |
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Tim I'm 52. I grow beards to full performance, then shave them. It gives me more opportunities to protest different things every time I grow a new one. |
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Professor Bada I'm a professor, and i'm a badass one. |
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ronny I am 21 years old and I am protesting the decrease in hair around the world. |
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Richda3rd I am growing my beard to protest the taboo of men with hair. All I see now are men and boys with hairless chest and shaved legs, men who shave every day to look younger. I am hairier than many men my age (18) but do not make attempts to shave and I allow my beard and moustache to grow with only minor trimming. |
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JC Egresitz I am 18 years old, and I am protesting the people who DON'T support our troops. You can not agree with why the brave men and women are where they are but you should at least support the troops who are risking their lives! As my best friend (a solider in the army) says, " if you can't stand behind the army, then you should stand in front of them!" |
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Jamison Parker I'm 24, and my beard is grown yearly every autumn in protest of cold cheeks. That and the slaughter of billions of animals each year. |
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Neil 19. I'm protesting defined jaw lines...and the Pope |
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Jake I'm 30. I'm protesting against the feminization of men in American culture. More importantly, I am proudly carrying on a family tradition. I will wear my beard until the day I die. |
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John I woke up one morning and found myself asking 'why do I shave?' |
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Saddam I'm 72 years old and I'm protesting the removal of my statue! Editor's note: I will only include fake protest beards if they are funny and/or relevant. |
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John Green I'm protesting dollar ignorance. The greatest economic minds in the world consistently ignore or are ignorant of the fact that the “dollar” is a fixed unit of measure, enshrined in the Constitution, the value of which, Congress is powerless to alter without a Constitutional Amendment. (see EISNER v. MACOMBER , 252 U.S. 189 (1920) |
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Patrick McGill I am protesting the needless size of government and the actions they take against personal liberty at home and abroad. We need a small, peaceful, government that trades with everyone, but allies with none. |
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Steven I'm 27 years old. I am protesting the government taking our liberties and telling us that it is for our own "good" |
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Puck Smith I'm protesting the fact that so many men shave. |
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Jim If only I could grow a beard. |
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Cody Edward I am 27 years old, and I'm protesting the needless killing of thousands of Middle-Eastern and Central Asian civilians in the United States' myriad wars. My beard is anti-war. |
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Robert T Brklje Why should society attempt to force me, a grown man, to attempt to look like a prepubescent child. It is insulting to imply people should fear maturity and age by forcing people to hide it. My beard helps to define who I am, an independent grown man liberated from the dictates of modern marketing. One more thing, it is a damn sight simpler to trim a beard once every couple of months or so than to shave every 'bloody' day. |
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Neema Vedadi 25 year old Media Producer. My day job is TV Reporting at an ABC affiliate in Wyoming, my free time goes toward liberty oriented music. My most recent music video got 6,000 views in a week! I protest collectivism and the existence of government, I promote individualism and order through freedom. If you could link to my youtube channel, www.youtube.com/theneemav that would be great! I've rocked a beard since college. I feel it looks great on me and promotes my Iranian heritage |
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Dan C. Nowlan I'm 26. I'm protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm protesting the Federal Reserve Banking system and its fiat currency. I'm protesting the increasing size of government (both state and federal) and the diminishing number of civil liberties still afforded to the citizens of the United States. |
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Robert Taylor I am a 22-year old college student, blogger, and radical libertarian. I have had my beard for a good year now, and will continue to wear it proudly in opposition to empire and statism. http://www.examiner.com/x-8131-Sunset-District-Libertarian-Examiner |
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Laurence Vance I protest the state and its wars. |
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Stuart I am protesting against Kenny McCaskills decision to release Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate ground |
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Kyle Hunt I'm the one at the bottom of this, in case you were wondering. I am protesting evil and ignorance. My blog: Star Theory |
rules. You are a slave to no one. It is your face and you will do with it what you please. When you grow a beard, you set yourself apart from the crowd and pronounce your individuality. And you join the ranks of many great men.