What's with us Americans and the whole not protesting in huge masses thing? Look at the 1960s, especially near Vietnam. People stood up back then, people didn't take shit from the government. People put a cause before themselves, even if it meant possible harm (e.g. the Freedom Riders). I don't agree with a few things that protesters did (e.g. spitting on soldiers... WTF), but I agree with the idea of telling the government that we're sick of their shit.
We're in huge debt, our economy is sinking, we're STILL stuck on oil (computers have changed SO much in 50 years, yet cars are still, deep down inside, like the Model T), and our government seems filled to the brim with incompetence. Look at the proposed new GI Bill... sounds pretty good... yet you get people like John McCain (who claim they are 'patriots' and 'support the troops') shooting it down.
We're in a huge war. People seem to bitch on TV all the time about how they oppose it. Yet what do they do? They either don't do meaningful protests, or they protest the wrong people (e.g. picketing infront of a recruitment office. Yeah, because Sergeant John Doe really has a lot of leverage in stopping the war.). What ever happened to marching on Washington? What ever happened to mass protests?
We're in huge debt, our economy is sinking, we're STILL stuck on oil (computers have changed SO much in 50 years, yet cars are still, deep down inside, like the Model T), and our government seems filled to the brim with incompetence. Look at the proposed new GI Bill... sounds pretty good... yet you get people like John McCain (who claim they are 'patriots' and 'support the troops') shooting it down.
We're in a huge war. People seem to bitch on TV all the time about how they oppose it. Yet what do they do? They either don't do meaningful protests, or they protest the wrong people (e.g. picketing infront of a recruitment office. Yeah, because Sergeant John Doe really has a lot of leverage in stopping the war.). What ever happened to marching on Washington? What ever happened to mass protests?