The letter wavers between being a heart-felt plea for academic research and verbal abuse against activists. I don't particularly mind the latter, as I feel the

The letter wavers between being a heart-felt plea for academic research and verbal abuse against activists. I don't particularly mind the latter, as I feel the actions of these activists are inexcusable, but from a PR perspective it's usually not very smart to call people idiots if you want to win them over to your perspective.