Provocation is mitigation not defence, and I agree the conduct of Johnson and co is beyond the pale and I've posted as much on a regular basis, whilst I understand the anger felt by people, I believe the kind of scenes we witnessed yesterday are not part of the solution, they just give more power to the very people that should be disarmed to further twist the knife.
Clarity or simplicity, call it what you will, but by saying that in certain circumstances haranguing an individual is acceptable is exactly the same exceptionalism and deference of responsibility that you're, rightly, criticising in Government, sometimes a binary solution, in this case never manhandle a politician, is the best response to a complex situation, on every occassion the assault will be the focus and the protest secondary.