So what? Aside from "waking up sooner," or being dedicated, does this make you a better person, or is this something that really turns on the manic-progressive girls when you casually mention your years of dedicated protest? Someone who participates later can actually be a better and more dedicated protester/resister/propagandist.
When in response to someone who snidely brags about being "on since the fourth year", yes it does matter. It's important to bring up that that though you all may look down on these protesters as inexperienced and shallow, they have been working towards the same things as you have, in some cases, for longer periods of time. Perhaps you're scared of an actual movement towards change? Also, your sexist and somehow desensitized attitude towards others (particularly with conditions which you do not have yourself) doesn't prove your case. Could you possibly imagine that this post was written by a female-bodied person who has, on occasion, suffered from episodes of manic depression? Do either of those things make my ideas and emotions less valid. Apparently, to you, they do.

Way to up the ante. You really won over a lot of hearts and minds with your well-reasoned and philosophical protests. I'm sure everyone at the church understood the intended message loud and clear. I'm sure they were enlightened to the issues and even experienced an epiphany of understanding beyond even the faith they were in church to practice, and they didn't just see a bunch of kooks splattering blood on themselves and ejaculating code words out of their mouths.
Perhaps this didn't change everyone's mind, and in fact, those most appalled will always be the loudest in the case of mainstream media coverage, but why do we need them anyways? Honestly, I'd take everything with a grain of salt… But if you look at the Fox News and Examiner website forums, you'll see that a lot of people are in favor of what they did. And, I mean, just look at what Kathy Kelly has to say. Bring the war home. Nothing is sacred anymore.