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pnwmom

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33. Do you think anyone thought it would produce instant results?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2018, 12:11 AM

Mar 2018

Were you around during the Civil Rights era? It took years of marches and protests to begin changing minds -- and it's an ongoing process.

These students have begun. Thank goodness.

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I hate to say this, but... [View all] Archae Mar 2018 OP

Protest movements always take a long time. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #1

Exactly! Equinox Moon Mar 2018 #13

True. J_William_Ryan Mar 2018 #2

Decades not, but many years of protests...with 5 years of national pbmus Mar 2018 #3

Vietnam protests really started in the mid 60s NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #4

Being a realist is a good thing. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2018 #5

The real key to success is to have these marchers and their friends register to vote Kyblue1 Mar 2018 #6

You are wrong. Some of this is just timing blake2012 Mar 2018 #7

What you said. This a delayed response to Sandy Hook. sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #30

The times have changed Gloomy Gus. TomSlick Mar 2018 #8

There's been decades of work preceding this event. The Brady Campaign Arazi Mar 2018 #9

You are wrong scheming daemons Mar 2018 #10

This.... pbmus Mar 2018 #11

Ditto... XRubicon Mar 2018 #14

Exactly. This was Act 1 Scene 1. Get ready for summer of the following up acrions blake2012 Mar 2018 #19

Everything you said. Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #26

+1. It is a game changer. dalton99a Mar 2018 #31

Thank you. cwydro Mar 2018 #38

It's a beginning for a thousand mile trip struggle4progress Mar 2018 #12

Watergate had as much or more effect on Vietnam as the protests. misanthrope Mar 2018 #15

Not remotely true. Vietnam was already in wind down stage blake2012 Mar 2018 #20

That is not correct. shanny Mar 2018 #21

Nonsense. cwydro Mar 2018 #39

Even the students don't think that marching in the streets shanny Mar 2018 #16

The major anti Vietnam war marches occurred in the summer of 1967. rgbecker Mar 2018 #17

Keep the faith MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #18

Today's march is just that: today's march, and a good start. A commitment to change has to be made. VOX Mar 2018 #22

Did you march today? If the answer is no, then its safe to say that those who did march did a hell Squinch Mar 2018 #23

Sic. Straw Man Mar 2018 #36

Yep, you are a gloomy gus. Try getting behind this new movement and ditch... brush Mar 2018 #24

Marches are symbolic. They never change anything. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #25

I'm so afraid you're right. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #27

Strong "concern" here. John Fante Mar 2018 #28

We need to get out and vote. Blue_true Mar 2018 #29

I have to believe that there are more of US than there are of THEM. The NRA is the boogieman only politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2018 #32

Do you think anyone thought it would produce instant results? pnwmom Mar 2018 #33

Supporting your view by appealing to your authority as a realist is begging the question. greyl Mar 2018 #34

The Vietnam protests really didn't start to become massive until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2018 #35

Look up the difference between effect and affect. cwydro Mar 2018 #37