Look Beep - that phrase is from the same slogan-factory as invented "Commies / queers in our schools tryin to subvert naive students to their Evil Way of Life\ufffd" cha cha cha.
It is also a subset of the mindset (at root) "Our 'democracy' is so fragile.. we dare not let innocents be exposed to rebuttals, suggestions or outright Other! Schemes\ufffd" ie We Are Such Children!
In your present example, clearly inferred is: "that none/few/a lot fewer/ people would Want to protest against this scheduled war' lessen duped into it. Being easily led: these suggestible folks Went Along With Commyunists -- ergo their protest is now dev/null [How Very Convenient]. How very didgithink. How very bogus, especially on its reiteration over the decades.
Those of us who heard this crap the *first* time around - are rather sensitive to its latest cant-form. It's so so Econ-like in its simplistic implications, y'know?
Ashton
PS - are most people inept at organizing demonstrations? Yes they/we are. Does 'organizing' a demonstration mean any more than: Porta-potties, maybe buses are needed when (X>'a few') people congregate ??
Personally I don't give a fuck if a Cthulhuist or even a {Christian} organizes A March to Demonstrate My Opposition to [A Government Action] \ufffd. I need not sacrifice A) a virgin or B) my conscience to pop-God Machiavelli -- in the first or second option.