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juliaoceania -> The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 1:06:36 PM)
I keep reading people who think that the peace movement went to sleep when Obama took office. I wanted to make the point that this is not true. It isn't reported on, but it is still there United For Peace Answer Coalition I have marched with this organization Coverage of a Protest Peace Fresno I was a member of this organization when I lived in Fresno When I was in Long Beach I attended different rallies against war, even after Obama was in office. When I move to the Bay Area I will involve myself again. Now, just because the mainstream media isn't telling you about these rallies, doesn't mean they do not exist. It seems that Fox News only reported on them as a way to denigrate them when Bush was in office. It is the mainstream media that quit caring about the Peace Movement, not the Peace Movement that quit caring about peace... So, now y'all see that there is still an active peace movement out there, please sit down and shut the fuck up about it[8\|]

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 1:08:01 PM)
I posted this in the wrong forum.... ouch That is what posting on nyquil does does to you.

VideoAdminRho -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 1:09:31 PM)
Moved it for you. Rho

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 1:17:30 PM)
Thank you sooooo much!

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:20:31 PM)
Very ironic.... seeing the right complain about the lack of caring about the peace movement on the part of the "Left" and then a pro peace movement thread gets started and they have nothing to add to it... Very, very ironic indeedy.

willbeurdaddy -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:22:42 PM)
There is no "Pro Peace" movement, there is only an "Anti-war" movement. Just as the "Pro-choice" movement was almost entirely coopted by the "Pro-abortion" movement.

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:24:15 PM)
Hmmmm.... every single one of those groups is "pro peace"....

DomKen -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:55:10 PM)
I'm sure willbur will be along any minute to back up that assertion with some facts.

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:56:43 PM)
Yeah, I would hold my breath but....[&:]

Lucylastic -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 2:58:54 PM)
breathplay is fun, but you have to be real careful who you play with:) I wouldnt Julia:)

SexyBossyBBW -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:01:34 PM)
I'm sure I've never heard/read a pro peace article, or group in New England. I'll have to google, and see if I'm wrong. Maybe start one. [:D] M

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:02:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic breathplay is fun, but you have to be real careful who you play with:) I wouldnt Julia:) Yeah. first tip, don't play that game with haters

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:04:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SexyBossyBBW I'm sure I've never heard/read a pro peace article, or group in New England. I'll have to google, and see if I'm wrong. Maybe start one. [:D] M Gosh, the Quakers were probably America's first pro peace organization!

DomKen -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:15:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SexyBossyBBW I'm sure I've never heard/read a pro peace article, or group in New England. I'll have to google, and see if I'm wrong. Maybe start one. [:D] M I seem to vaguely recall meeting Quakers and Unitarian Universalists last time I was in Boston.

Kirata -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:26:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: juliaoceania Very ironic.... seeing the right complain about the lack of caring about the peace movement on the part of the "Left" and then a pro peace movement thread gets started and they have nothing to add to it... Very, very ironic indeedy. Not at all. Weren't they told to shut the fuck up about it? Quit while you're ahead. [:D] K.

lockedaway -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:28:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kirata quote: ORIGINAL: juliaoceania Very ironic.... seeing the right complain about the lack of caring about the peace movement on the part of the "Left" and then a pro peace movement thread gets started and they have nothing to add to it... Very, very ironic indeedy. Not at all. Weren't they told to shut the fuck up about it? Quit while you're ahead. [:D] K. Hey Julia, I've got your piece right here! :)

SexyBossyBBW -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 3:36:22 PM)
Actually, in retrospect I have heard of Quakers, and Unitarian Universalists. I shall STFU now, to keep peace moving forward here. M

TheHeretic -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 6:05:20 PM)
Sure. The real peaceniks are still about, but we are seeing just how rare and utterly insignificant they actually are. Most of what was passing for a "movement" a few years ago turned out to be nothing but brainwashed Bush-haters on a bandwagon, who never had a real "value"in their lives. Cindy Sheehan was out my way a few months back, holding up a sign at the gate of a military installation. The local paper sent a reporter who was there for five minutes, and she was bragging on her blog that they got media! I have a certain respect for those who really do oppose war under any circumstances. I think they are dumb, delusional, and wrong, but I'll appreciate their consistency and committment to their beliefs. The rest? Not so damn much.

kdsub -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 6:17:34 PM)
I think most people were looking for someone to set limits on our involvement…They were realizing that Iraq was a mistake and Obama is getting us out on a reasonable schedule. He has been doing the same in Afghanistan while keeping up the pressure on insurgents. I do believe most people were and are for the war in Afghanistan but since the killing of Ben Laden the reason to be there is gone. Again most understand we just can’t pull our troops all at once but they will soon demand a hard time table for our disengagement. He will need to convince us that he is serious about the time table before the election or the anti war element will once again gain supporters. Butch

juliaoceania -> RE: The Pro Peace Movement in the USA (6/10/2011 6:20:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub I think most people were looking for someone to set limits on our involvement…They were realizing that Iraq was a mistake and Obama is getting us out on a reasonable schedule. He has been doing the same in Afghanistan while keeping up the pressure on insurgents. I do believe most people were and are for the war in Afghanistan but since the killing of Ben Laden the reason to be there is gone. Again most understand we just can’t pull our troops all at once but they will soon demand a hard time table for our disengagement. He will need to convince us that he is serious about the time table before the election or the anti war element will once again gain supporters. Butch Some of us never stopped supporting it The one link in the OP shows a recent march that looks rather well attended, for example

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