He asked them to not disrupt. He asked them to be polite. Sometimes, you can disrupt one too many times and people stop listening to you.

Walking out on mothers of the movement
Shouting down civil rights icon John Lewis

When your spoiled little know-nothing, participation-trophy champion, skid-mark stained little butt can only think to scream epithets at those who are actually doing and have done the heavy lifting for you - you can kick rocks down the road.

When people can't extend that basic courtesy I begin not to care about what they have to say.

It's not as effective, but it's a hell of a lot more respectful. And doesn't make the convention about the protests.

with other activists and politicians to grow the movement.

by doing that. They are there and can network.

2008 was a much closer than 2016 and none of this childish bullshit came to pass. There is no pleasing people who won't accept that their choice lost.

so one would not have expected that in 2008.

Hillary supporters in 2008 ? No,there wasn't. Do you think if you label them "activists" that makes it OK?

that's the only point that I was making.

themselves as victims whenever they don't get their way

FACT: There is very little daylight between HRC and Bernie when it comes to dealing w ISIS. Both agreed that our Muslim allies need to do the heavy lifting and that US troops should not be involved. Instead US should provide support and resources.

FACT: Sanders told us he intended to continue the use of drones

So to me, the protestors were either uniformed about the closeness of HRC and Bernie's policy on Isis or they were extreme hypocrites.

However ugly and however embarrassing, it's democracy.

The First Amendment (with some restrictions) protects a lot of speech, even speech given by people we disagree with or speech that we feel is inappropriate at or around certain venues. It seems like a lot of us have forgotten that on this "Democratic" message board.

Let them get it out of their systems. By tomorrow, these folks won't be a headline.

These are credentialed delegates who have one job, name the the official Democratic nominee for president. The DNC makes the rules, sets the programme,approves the delegates and issues their passes, and they pay for the festivities.

The primaries were the place for arguing and debate, and that time is done and settled. Those who still want to act out and litigate the never ending lists of grievances, pet peeves, slights, unrequited passions, strained emotions and bruised feelings, are laboring under false assumptions. Democracy, was they want to redefine it, does not allow them to hijack the Party's celebratory venue, or trash talk and rudely disrespect the true icons of a real democracy.

No, these few, non-Democrats, don't get a free pass to put their childish temper tantrums on public display and disrupt the historic, record breaking events that millions of us have waited our whole lives to see.

Yes, I understand that the heckling inside is occurring at a private event outside of a public forum.

However, it's interesting to see Democrats want to silence dissenting voices (normally not heard) within our own party because it makes them feel uncomfortable. Whatever happens, happens. This will be a non-story by tomorrow.

is that they don't work. Indeed, they most often tend to alienate people, and rarely garner the hearts of minds of whomever they are trying to convince.

Look at every successful movement in recent history--Martin Luther King's peaceful, nonviolent protests; the LGBT equality efforts--and you'll see that they turned away from combative efforts (the Panthers, or Act Up tactics, which admittedly had positive effects in internally motivating people and bringing issues out of the shadow, but were not successful in inducing change directly).

Disruptive, rude behavior is just not the agent for change. I'm not arguing against civil disobedience: I think sometimes it is absolutely necessary. But there is always the right time and the right place: the Freedom Rides, the recent House Sit In. It must be done with dignity and resolve, not with boos and farts and crazy hats.

This movement needs to grow up and learn how to organize.

That's always been my problem with this tactic. You need to choose the right time and place. All they're going to do is piss everyone off which will NOT lead to people hearing your concern or even giving a damn about it later.

These people need to learn how to have their voices heard louder than their obnoxiousness. It can be done.

They seem to have the financial means to get to the convention in Philly -- certainly they can make it to some Clinton campaign stops where there will be plenty of media to carry their message.

These people should be respectful to the nominee or leave.