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As has been alluded to previously, the label placed on any political or social action depends on where the labeler lies in the context of the action. From one vantage point, a protester looks like an activist, striving to bring about a better something. From another vantage point, the protester is a terrorist.
Which vantage point is correct? Likely both, and neither. Friends, issues are rarely black-and-white. Each party involved views it from their own personal context and works within their context with the tools they have. Everyone has an agenda, fewer people realize it and even fewer are truthful enough to admit it.
Molested, I would defend your ability to 'protest the protesters'. Protest is a form of discussion, and discussion is what keeps a civilization working in the direction of being 'civil'. It is when the protests stop happening that a society should worry.
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