Of course ANSWER are a bunch of a$$clowns, but I tend to take the attitude, "LET them have their stupid protest," although certainly with proper bonding/insurance safeguards. "LET ordinary, sane people peek into Bedlam, and let's see just how many people ANSWER recruits vs. how many they alienate."
Clearly you were not around during the riots/protests of the 60s and 70s. They were ignored and they grew throwing our country into a decline that has not stopped since.
Unfortunately, the media will never show the public the real face of ANSWER and will portray this as the senitments of the majority of Americans.
My young friend, those riots then, and all the campus protests were joined because no one stopped them, because it was the cool thing to do, because those kids were doped up and stupid.
Letting them do it with no opposition sends them the message that we agree with them.
The greatest mistake the WWII generation made in the 60's was not machine gunning down the hippies in the streets when they protested.