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cyberdude611 -> RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are scheduled over the coming days to mark the fourth annive (3/18/2007 6:28:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/16/1410244
".....On Monday, a hundred activists in New York occupied a US military recruitment center for two hours. Twenty-three people were arrested there..."
hmm- no mention on the news....
Hundred? That's nothing. During Vietnam, these protests had several millions....not 100.
Not many protest in the streets anymore. The ones that do only make it on the news when violence erupts so that everyone can call them crazy leftist activists.
Instead people exercise free speech on the internet and through blogs. You dont even see the activism at college campuses anymore. The atmosphere has become very relaxed. There is also a new wave of conservatism sweeping through many campuses. Not neo-conservatism, but traditional conservatism. And that philosophy is a more relaxed form of political speech. The activism is usually only found on the far-left, communists, or even the anarchists. And those are basically the only type of people that actually still protest in the streets anymore.
The reality also is that this country is very divided about the war. And even to a point where congress is completely deadlocked. You can claim the November vote was a referendum to end the war. But congressmen don't vote that way. They vote by what their constituents, supporters, and special interests want. And when you break the vote down that way....it's a 50-50 deadlock. Even though the Democrats have a majority in both houses, they can't even agree to limit Bush's surge of troops. And now there is danger the congress will now move on with other issues and let the war continue.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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