Back in 2000 on Black Friday, I participated in a conservative demonstration in SF for Bush over Gore. Basically we chanted Bush won, Gore lost!" Got a permit and stuck to the proscribed route. We even bowed our heads, put down our signs, and shut up when a funeral passed.
In Union square, there was also a demonstration against fur. We were called every name in the book and one of the fur protesters spit at a 75 year old woman. We got him arrested for assaulting herAll alpng the route, we got the finger. We replied "Thank you! Bush is #1!". Just got those people madder. At the end we gave the cops who escorted us three cheers. The cops said they wished every group was as nice as us.
Today, we would have been beaten up by antifa.