i've been thinking about this way to much late and it's finally coming together so bare with me...
protesters who are seeking to bring about change are always labelled radical out of the mainstream. it was a bunch of radicals who brought about the womens right to vote and the end of segregation in the south. both good things in my mind. there are probably people who still this disagree with both those changes in our society.
today in the land of the free and the home of the brave if you disagree with the president or the way the country is run, you are unamerican, a traitor, etc. and if you don't like leave!
being able to disagree and voice one opinioin is the basic tenet of a democracy... but clearly not in the minds of those who think they are in the right...