Insist on
Insist on verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.
Protest
Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Both terms in one sentence
- Despite this, certain people still insist on labelling him a 'protest' singer.
Source: Never Live It Down / Music - Executive Meddling led Steve Englehart to insist on being credited by the pseudonym "John Harkness" in protest on several comic books, most notably for the seven final issues of his run on Fantastic Four.
Source: Alan Smithee
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