“She came right down in my face,” Sturtz said. “I was taken aback.”

[frazzled]

14. It was a speech about impoverished inner-city children

And this self-important person (who apparently must've paid $200 to get in) decides that her issue about federal contractors and discrimination is more important than the subject at hand?

I agree that these hecklers do nobody (including their own causes) any good. There's a time and a place for principled intervention. And it should be rare, very rare, if it's going to be effective. This was neither the time nor the place, and it did nothing to advance the protester's cause.

I feel very sorry that the hecklers have been mainly women lately. Not that we women don't have a right to scream every once in a while. But to scream off-topic is not the right channel for advancing one's cause. You'll only end up hurting it.

Audio of part of FLOTUS's talk, plus intervention, below:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/lgbt-rights-activist-heckles-flotus-at-dem-fundraiser