Reply #23: Protests are counterproductive.

[maxsolomon]

The "liberal" media spins every protest against the protestors. People HATE, viscerally HATE, anyone who dares to pipe up & challenge the status quo. Even here in the "Soviet of Seattle", most upright citizens cheered the gassing of non-violent protestors.

Tanks are in the streets & no one notices.

A simple statement of opposition to war like "Bring the Troops Home" automatically makes you an ally, if not a member of PETA, ELF, the SWP, Al Queda, Fight Club, & Act Up all at once. Maybe you didn't notice during the RNC that no one in the media cared about the arrested protestors or what happened to them & innocent bystanders?

Only a draft will mobilize the youth, and Bush's brains aren't that dumb.

I don't know what the alternative is.