On the other side, were the
"Gathering of Eagles." What's their agenda?

 But before we get to that, another question pops up: What's a "Moonbat," and why is it the favorite epithet of the group?
  According to the New York Times's veteran lexicographer, the now retired William Safire, "Moonbat" emerged in about 2002 from a libertarian blog  and was adopted as a piece of counter-slang to the term "wingnut," often applied by some leftists to what they view as extreme conservatives.  Safire quotes the blogger as saying it was "originally rendered as 'Barking Moonbat,' suggesting that certain issues seem to trigger a reflexive response from some people much like wolves howl at the moon."
  This brief etymological excursus will make many of the images that follow more understandable. >>>

Such as this one. The patch above is for sale on the website of  the North Carolina Chapter of the Gathering of Eagles (hereafter GOE for short). "Moonbats" (such the NCSTN protesters) in the crosshairs. Not exactly a warmfuzzy image.

  Anyway, their agenda fit the declaration of the man who accosted me in the parking lot. The "Eagles," as the banner at right indicates,  wanted us silent and gone. To this end, they screamed, they shouted, they cursed, they blew shrill whistles. As the piece de resistance, they had a swamp-style motorboat with an extremely loud engine, which came roaring up and down the Neuse River just yards away from the rally stage. This incursion was indeed disruptive.   

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