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Originally Posted by baddog
WTF does that have to do with her and a few people deciding to sit down on the sidewalk?
She got popped on Monday, all the weekend warriors had gone home, she wasn't getting enough attention. Pure and simple.
I did not read about 100's or 1,000's getting arrested at any recent anti-war protest.
People these days have no balls when it comes to protests. Back in the day we did a lot better, with bigger crowds, tear gas, rubber (and real) bullets, lot of arrests.
Protesters these days all meet at Starbucks for a latte first.
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It has to do with the fact that people are starting to see this war for the fraud that it is, and the tactics of the right-wingers will be to demonize whoever gets out in front as a spokeman for this majority of the American citizenry.
I agree, the protests back in the Vietnam era were more committed and more effective. The lack of sizzle in these protests are in large part due to the more sophisticated police response. The days when Nixon could send in a phalanx of hardhats to beat down the hippies are over.