Posted on 02/21/2003 6:29:06 PM PST by adamyoshida
Silent No Longer: The Anti-Anti-War Movement
Giant ‘peace’ marches are a perennial favourite of the mainstream media. During every conflict (or period of great international tension) over the last forty years television and the print media have been filled with long and flowery tributes to the unruly mobs who fill the streets of great cities to shout meaningless slogans in rallies organized by communist front groups. These groups, even though they represent a minority of public opinion, are usually presented as being both idealistic and morally correct- as righteous paragons of virtue.
The right has long chafed at the sympathetic coverage given of these protests. After all, most of these protests having nothing to do with peace at all- they’re really about attacking American power and promoting the causes of America’s enemies.
The most recent worldwide protests, for example, were organized by a group called “International ANSWER” (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) which, in turn, is a front for the Workers World Party, which was formed by a faction of pro-Chinese Communists in 1959 and has, throughout its history, supported such atrocities as the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan. At one recent rally supporters started up a chant of (and I’m not making this up), “two, four, six, eight, defend the Korean worker’s state!”
However, the media (and those on the respectable left) have traditionally managed to brush aside the quirks of their allies (such as fervent support for totalitarian dictatorships) because they have proved to be such useful allies in their war against the right. In this goal they have long been assisted by much of the right who, afraid of being smeared as red-baiting McCarthyites, have failed to speak out against these openly treasonous groups or to truly fight back against them.
For example, while it is true that protestors were widely derided during the Vietnam War and that, occasionally, they were attacked by some stalwart patriots- no real movement to actively oppose them ever sprung up. The defense of the war was left almost entirely to the establishment, individual Americans who supported the war may have been loud, but they never learned to organize and fight back against the lies and dubious agendas of the anti-war left.
Many explanations have been offered for this. For one, conservatives tend to have a distaste for activities that involve screaming on the streets. They tend to view it as a low and undignified activity. In large part this, traditionally, has been because conservatives and Republicans have tended to come from a staid sort of background. That is why it was so shocking when, during the 2000 election dispute, a group of Republican consultants launched an impromptu rally.
Modern conservatives, however, come from very different backgrounds than their forbearers. They are more active, more assertive and willing to fight. In many ways the only barrier to their being as active as their leftist counterparts is the fact that they have jobs and most of their opponents do not. Because of this the War on Terrorism has sparked the rise of something new and wonderful- the anti-anti-war movement.
Made up of hard-core conservative activists, the anti-anti-war movement has emerged to fight the lies and challenge the propaganda of the anti-war movement. While it is true that this movement has yet to gain enough strength to effectively challenge the far-left, it is growing with each passing day. Already, the long-haired peaceniks are learning that they will no longer have a free ride.
For example, with the advent of the internet, many left-wing lobby groups have taken to organizing the blast-faxing of thousands of letters on particular issues. A few years ago the left would have been allowed to go about this sort of activity unobstructed. However, individual conservatives have discovered that they can sign up for the liberals’ fax services and use them to send conservative messages for free. This may only be a minor victory- but it is a vitally important one.
Conservatives are slow to organize, largely because conservatives tend to be busy people. However, when they are made truly angry, they can rise up and create seemingly spontaneous revolutions. They did it in 1980, 1994, and 2002, and they will do it again. The far-left, which has controlled the field by default for far too long, should shake with fear because, by their abrasive insolence, they have woken a sleeping giant and filled it with a terrible resolve.
True...these are the tactics used by the rabble as far back as the French Revolution. Consevatives tend more to use reason, not emotion.
"should shake with fear because, by their abrasive insolence, they have woken a sleeping giant and filled it with a terrible resolve."
True...we know the depth of the ugliness of the left because we were educated under their doctrines as our parents never were. We won't let them get away with it anymore.
That is a very good point and well worth repeating.
I've been called worse. 'Pod
And the most frightening of all.... we'll be well dressed while doing it. :-)
Not to mention clean and smellin' good!
wait until the Grammy thing coming up....we're looking at another Wellstone Memorial. I hope each and every dolt there (undoubtedly with snotlockers full of white stuff) really lets us all know what's on his or her mind.
They did that in 2000. We are now wide awake and will not fall back to sleep.
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