On one hand, the TRT earned press for the civil rights side of the issue. On the other hand, the actions of some distracted from the message. Some hurled obscenities and blasted the police. I recently read a telling comment by Ed Crane of the CATO Institute. Most of its adherents explicitly or intuitively understand this.
Libertarians are out to fundamentally change the political culture in America.
But that person isn't being radical, he's being silly. The true radical is the one who's most effective in changing the direction of society, or at least at changing the nature of the debate. No, that doesn't mean we have to pursue traditional political activity. But it does mean that we must be sensitive to the culture around us and we have to build on what's already good in society. Remember that most disarmament activists think in stereotypes and cliches.