After thinking about it for a bit when it came back up (after originally disliking the idea) Marlene would have wondered if maybe the protests and sit-ins might actually have more of an affect now than she'd thought -- if they're trying to pretend to be all wonderful and inclusive with their new stupid government, they couldn't really go about attacking naysayers in public, could they? And even if they did attack a peaceful protest, it would just prove the Order's point, that the DE government isn't willing to hear any opinion but their own.