re: #256 looking closely

From what I have seen, none of these protests have turned violent, and most of them have in fact been fairly light-hearted. If you were at one, I don’t think you would get the impression that you were standing in a mob of right wing extremists

Yep… I note that the ABC reporter I mentioned above was standing in the middle of the crowd, with nothing but a cameraman. Some people snickered at his Obama-plumping lines, but there was not the slightest hint of menace toward him.