For some reason whenever I see somebody doing anything against the crowd for a principled reason, I get goose bumps. Irrespective whether I agree with the message or not.

I esteem oh so highly the sheer bravery it takes a person to stand up and say to the majority, opinion leaders, the strong: you're having it wrong. When somebody knows that The Crowd is not behind him/her, that it might even turn against him, but he's still doing what he considers to be the Right Thing.

I get mad, I get absolutely raving mad when such people are being shouted down, spit at, ridiculed.   In my mind - crimes against bravery, against idealism - are the second worst crimes one can commit, just after the violence.