Animal rights activists threaten those they disagree with

I am an animal lover, and I've never really worn fur, except some really old things of my cousin's that he ordered off some antique collectibles site, and that was for about two minutes. But I eat meat and I wear leather, so who am I to dictate to others how to conduct themselves? When I read an article like this - in which Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir decides to take the tufts of fox fur off his costume in order to appease activists who wanted to intimidate him into obeying them - I start to feel that animal rights activists have become the thugs in this scenario. They threaten with violence those who disagree with them or who do not follow their rules. I part company with PETA and its ilk at this point. Live according to your own self-righteous rules, but DON'T try to forcibly impose them on others. Other human beings are not required to follow your regulations, however benign or altruistic they may be.