"Civilized adults" who were fed up with things like taxation without representation tarred and feathered people, destroyed large amounts of cargo, and violently overthrew their government.
I make a pretty good living and I don't like the new jobs program and taxes that Obama is proposing. If I acted like Anonymous in response to this, would you think it was okay too?
To paraphrase the saying, they're just saying what we're all thinking. They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do.
"They're just saying it in a way that few people approve of, but if that's the only way they can be heard, then that's what they'll do."
..and I don't agree with it. Eventually it will lead to senseless violence in addition to the senseless destruction. They are on the same level as any low-level terrorist group.
That you're likely an American, directly funding the current killing of tens of thousands off people every year (still) in the fictional hunt for WMDs, and you're condemning protestors is farcical.