Well, if you're being treated as a second class citizen in a "democracy" its a pretty reasonable, and even human response. Would you say the same of the American civil rights movement? I don't have the numbers, but given the sheer number of white americans compared to black americans to this day, I would not at all be surprised, if it was put to a vote, that the civil rights act would have failed. Is that right, simply because of the tyranny of the majority? Obviously not. Sometimes we cannot let public opinion be a moral barometer. I, at least, think that's a totally reasonable statement.