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packman

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Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:56 AM Jun 2014

"Where were you motherfuckers back in 2003?" [View all]

The Rude Pundit asked in his latest post. Indeed, where were WE? By we, I mean me and any others that did not protest too much, did not protest too vocally, did not demonstrate, did not say "NO" enough. Where where our marches in the street? Say what you want of the Vietnam era, but the youth were there burning their draft cards, the marches in the street, the shouts of , "Hey,Hey LBJ-how many kids did you kill today."

I am suffering a bit of remorse, too liberal I guess , that I didn't write my rep and give my opinion that this war is wrong. I knew it was wrong and asked myself ,"why in the hell Iraq?" and had a now founded feeling it was wrong and GW Jr. was acting out some parental issues.

Collective guilt. Fuck the Rep's that they manipulated a nation except for a few voices which they silenced in their thought controlled media. Damn them , damn their collective voice, damn their ability to hammer down any nails that popped up to question them.

Kudos to The Dixie Chicks you had more balls than I did. And come to think of it, bravo to Jane Fonda for her anti-war stand .

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Hundreds of thousands marched against the war in DC and NYC, but the media forgot to cover them. Scuba Jun 2014 #1
This is accurate el_bryanto Jun 2014 #2
And San Francisco! I and a few hundred thousand of my best friends took a stroll down genwah Jun 2014 #11
Thank you for being there! Scuba Jun 2014 #12
This motherfucker was marching and contacting her elected representatives and on this board daily. Coventina Jun 2014 #3
I Was Somewhere In Here... With A Bunch Of Fellow DUers... WillyT Jun 2014 #4
Blessing to everyone in that crowd packman Jun 2014 #6
Oh Yeah... We Shut Major Parts Of SF Down On Those Days... Took Hours To Wind Through The City... WillyT Jun 2014 #13
Me too! gopiscrap Jun 2014 #7
Right On !!! WillyT Jun 2014 #8
the War Pigs were going to war regardless of what anyone else had to say NightWatcher Jun 2014 #5
My Concern As Well ProfessorGAC Jun 2014 #10
I marched in Boston with 50,000 people frazzled Jun 2014 #9
I was in DC protesting with 10s of thousands of others WhiteTara Jun 2014 #14
Hey ruddie nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #15
K & R L0oniX Jun 2014 #16
I was marching, writing letters, sending e-mails, the works, that's where I was in 2003. mulsh Jun 2014 #17
Say what?? Speak for yourself! I was in 2 MASSIVE NYC protests. Millions more protested world-wide: WinkyDink Jun 2014 #18
Hey, Winky Dink packman Jun 2014 #19
dont sweat it, MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS reddread Jun 2014 #20
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