Such disruptive protests are a kind of extortion of the freedom of our society. Knowing that basic norms on human rights and life will be respected, they can engage in such behavior.
In high school, we had a Christian Ethics teacher, who while very much a christian pacifist and leftist (although he was actively anti-abortion) he had us discuss if Ghandi would have had any success in his Indian protests if India was ruled by Iranians, or Chinese, for example.
“...Knowing that basic norms on human rights and life will be respected, they can engage in such behavior....”
Yeah. We’re waaaayyy too soft on em. IF they knew there was the possibility of being shot, getting a good old fashion azz whipping, and/or 20-year min. jail sentence with Big Bubba as a cell mate, they would have to think twice if they had any kind of brain matter left in their skulls at all.