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While that seems like a stiff punishment for a public nuisance. I strongly question the logic of gluing yourself to a road and assuming other people will stop using it because you glued yourself. That just doesn't strike me as an intelligent way to protest things.
This kind of tactic demonstrably works, even as people condemn it.
According to the intro, it works by making the moderate viewpoint seem more moderate. So basically the idea is being as extreme as possible so that people will say, "I agree with your point but not your methods."
Espousing more radical ideas (as opposed to advocating similar ideas in a more radical fashion) also makes the moderate viewpoint seem more moderate. That’s how the Overton window (of the acceptability of ideas in public discourse) shifts over time.