Maybe Boston is a ruder venue than what many of the rest of us have to deal with, but standing up for yourself is not the same as bullying like the left does so often. We are not out for blood (at least not literally. :)
The contrast of actually being polite and attentive may actually impress the media types.
Accepting that you have to get down in the gutter with the left to win, misses the whole point of using the media to win over a larger audience than merely those within earshot of a protest.
The local press in the Boston area is owned by the NY Times, Fidelity Investments, and Gannett, none of which are conservitive friendly.
The two papers that count are The Globe and The Hearld, The Globe generally covers the commies in a sympithetic manner, I have never seen a Hearld reporter at one of these things, they seem to pick up their coverage from AP.
I am not rude but I am going to be more agressive when I talk to these people in the future. The people in the Boston area are patriotic, though they are mainly Rats, and we do get a lot of support, but that doesn't help us get coverage.
By the way Isent my daughter to UA to learn manners.