My wife worked with one of them at a normal job. The woman lived in a communal house of protestors, working the normal job until needed for protests. She got my wife to substitute for her at the normal job so she could protest. When my wife found out that's why she was taking on extra hours...so this woman could protest for things my wife didn't agree with, she declined to take on extra hours and the woman got fired for failing to show up at her normal job. Turns out the "normal job" was her temp job for extra cash; her protesting job was her primary job. The woman and her housemates traveled around the country protesting wherever they were needed. When you get to know someone like that, you start to realize that weird shit is going on, and incredulity is no longer enough to deny reality.