Hope, hate, anger, fear, comradeship/connection
People exercise (in every sense) different emotions at different parts
One key thing is just the chance to come together around shared beliefs/concerns. That’s one of the minor reasons why marches remain “popular,” despite their patent failure to achieve much.
See also “Passionate Politics” edited by Jasper et al. on this
See also Emotathons, the smugosphere
marchudson.net 