I shouldn't have said "shamed." You are right that they are immune from that.
What I met to say was "discouraged" in that they would conclude that their event was so small compared to ours that they would decide to abandon their blood dance.
You're right that it's not in the nature of most conservatives to demonstrate. It's a kind of "in your face" here are my ideas. It took me some time to get used to it.
The problem is that conservatives yielding the streets to the leftists means that the leftists get publicity with little or no challenge.
Our troops won a military victory in Vietnam only to have it turned into a political defeat at least partly because it was not in conservatives' nature to challenge leftists' street demonstration based media manipulation. I will do all in my power to avoid a similar result this time, even if I have to hold a sign, stand near America-hating traitors, miss a ball game, and do other things that are not in my nature.
Our troops are dodging bullets and bombs. The troops aren't letting us down. We have to cover their backs, protect them from being stabbed in the back by leftist traitors like the Pinkos who've endorsed the "Iraqi resistance" (their term for Al Qaeda and allies in Iraq).
It's not in most of our natures to be out-spoken, especially in public. (very safe on the computer though)
It takes some chuzpah to get out of the comfort zone and hold a sign on a corner for 2-3 hours on a Friday night, but it only takes one handshake from a soldier, thanking you for being there, to keep wanting to do it again. There is strength in numbers, you get more comfortable every week.
It's important that the soldiers know that Code Pink's isn't the only message out there. Those recovering from injury don't have a choice about where they go, Code Pink does. Their message can come from any corner in D.C. yet they choose to be in front of a hospital! Shame on them!