So Let Me Get This Straight....

An elected executive with majority support in his legislature puts forth a bill that is unpopular to a sizable portion of his electorate causing a slew of peaceful protests and this is OK some of the time but not OK at other times?

What I'm hearing from many people is: this is perfectly acceptable behavior by the executive when he's a Democrat and unacceptable when the protesters are Republicans but unacceptable by the executive when he's a Republican and acceptable when the protesters are Democrats.

Please tell me there's an actual difference between the Wisconsin protesters and their reaction to the union bill and the Tea Parties and the Health Care Reform bill other than political preference? Right now I don't see any other difference.