Good point.
But given the circumstances, what other options are there?
Protest is off limits to us, every time we've resorted to it we're defamed. The left is very sophisticated in the use of imagery-- at finding the least flattering and most symbolic instances to depict any given event.
I'm not terribly optimistic about the outcome unless we use any & all means not expressly illegal.
Claim the gray areas before they do.
Your post is what I would expect from liberals going after Tea Partiers - to harasss them. Conservatives win the debate on merits.