Protestor's usually do not intend to make everyone happy. There is, however, a particular kind of protestor whose actions are actully conter-productive for their chosen cause. The sort of action that makes even the most sympathetic roll their eyes, turns the moderate away, and convinces the opposition that they were right about all those fools. These protestors are the sort the ruin it for everybody.

These protestors are the sort that would lie down in a main thoroughfare, at rush hour, in the middle of a low-visibility snowstorm, in a small midwestern college town, and expect to have any effect on the war, besides making people question their sanity.

Sheesh.