Caveat: This is a response to a more general concept, not necessarily applicable to this particular issue<p>&gt; Much social change begins this way<p>Much social change also DOESN&#x27;T begin this way (see: OWS), and it can be frustrating for people who agree with the underlying principles behind protests but think the execution is disheartening and misguided.<p>Especially because these kinds of movements tend to be the story that gets told: People with thoughtful dissents get eclipsed by the more vociferous and extreme (one could argue that this is because extremes tend to be better fodder for the media).<p>&gt; For myself, when I feel myself responding that way, I try to take it as a sign that there&#x27;s something beyond my perspective that I don&#x27;t understand.<p>I think that&#x27;s a somewhat simplistic view of it. It&#x27;s entirely possible to understand and have a developed perspective of an idea, and to still reject it - sometimes vehemently.<p>Sure, some disruptive ideas are very challenging and ultimately end up being a good thing. The vast majority are not, though. Sometimes those disruptive ideas are detrimental, and it&#x27;s not hard to see why people get angry when those detrimental effects start surfacing in visible ways (e.g. anti-vaccination).