Somebody on a mailing list I frequent posted his rules for dealing with environmentalists and their agendas, and said it's all about the shoes:
If they're barefoot, laugh at them.
If they're wearing boots, listen.
If they're wearing wingtips, shoot 'em and run.
Works for me.
I am sometimes barefoot and with suits I sometimes wear wingtips. Am I to be shot?
I'd change it to:
If they're wearing Birkenstocks, shoot 'em and run.