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So who gets to decide who is “normal”? You?

Now we switch to the straw man. Let's put it this way -- if you don't know what is or isn't "normal" without someone else telling you, then I think it would probably be better if you avoided signs and costumes.

Name calling (freaks comment) is such a dignified statement.

No, it's an accurate reflection of how the media is going to try to portray you if you attend a conservative protest. They will swing their cameras past the hoards of normal middle-class people to find the one person that fits their narrative and that's what millions of people will see on the evening news and their local newspaper.

How much energy was sapped out of the conservative movement during the last election cycle by one person who shouted "kill him"? Why are leftists talking about infiltrating conservative protests with racist and extremist signs? Because they know the media will feature them. In fact, infiltrators have been used in left-wing propaganda videos. They are already doing this and have been doing it for decades.

So now, dressing as Betsy Ross make one a freak.

While I think dressing up as Betsy Ross or a Founding Father is relatively harmless, unless it's Halloween or a costume party, wearing costumes isn't something people normally do. It's odd.

I say this as someone who is a science fiction fan and knows people in the SCA, people who do Live Action role-playing, and people who do reenactments. I own a Medieval tunic that I bought to attend an SCA wedding in costume. There are plenty of very nice people in all of those hobbies who dress up in costumes and have a lot of fun but I'd be fooling myself if I didn't understand that a lot of people perceive them as being a bit strange because of it. It's why they are fodder for sitcoms and comedy shows.

But I'd really like people to answer, what's the purpose of wearing a costume? What's the purpose of protesting? Why are you there and who are you there for? It all has a point, doesn't it?

I wouldn’t want to live in your world.

Nobody lives in the world you are imagining, but that's typical of straw man arguments. They describe positions that nobody actually espouses.