Obstructive protests reinforce negative stereotypes of liberals

I immediately rejected the idea of the protest, believing it to be an outdated outlet for anger rather than a useful tool to effect change. Growing up in Portland, Ore.-one of the nation’s biggest bastions of liberalism-conditioned me to the realities of angry protests. This summer, I became accustomed to throngs of angry hippies blocking freeway traffic along my drive to work. They held signs indicating that their actions were in protest of the war in Iraq. Perhaps they imagined that they were