Well put rlmorel! I was around back in the anti Vietnam war protest era. There was little comparison to today other than a distrust of our government and trying to have a voice in matters that affected those who protested. But, that could be said about any protest movement. So, why compare?
I think the Tea Party movement is larger (for the time span we are in) and is truly grass roots.
Oh, another contrast to the Vietnam war protests...we proudly carry the American flag in our protests, they burned them.
Exactly. I did a photographic comparison between the 2007 Anti-War protests in Washington by the Leftists (The GOE counterprotest) and the Taxpayer March on Washington on 9/12/2009.
One of the things I noticed apart from the lack of originality by the leftists with their signage was the lack of American flags, and the profusion of Che Guevara flags and t-shirts.
That, and the absolute mess the leftists created everywhere they walked. (By comparison, our side had policed all areas, used the trash containers and stacked the trash neatly to the side when they became full...)