OWS isn't a Relevant Movement to Change Society and May Hurt Us More then It Helps Us

[CTyankee]

270. that is a debatable point.

I think the protests brought many parts of the issue of the war into focus. They got people's attention. They revealed a crumbling political rationale (domino theory) for the war. The protests were an integral part of a process toward withdrawing from Vietnam. The protests highlighted the difficulty of fighting such a war in the first place when we were up against people who lived there and would not stop fighting until we were thrown out, the drain of the war on other pressing needs. I'm old and lived in that era. The protests brought out people like me, a young mother scared for my little son's future. I was securely middle class and felt deeply about the movement. I don't think I would have joined to the extent that I did if it hadn't been for the movement, protests and all.