ANALYSIS: Image problems for war protesters

Christian Science Monitor ^ | 4/2/03 | Kim Campbell

[InHisImage]

Two weeks into the attack on Iraq, critics of the anti-war movement are becoming more outspoken, as emotions on both sides run high. The insults lobbed at war protesters range from Boston hecklers calling them "traitors" to Minnesota's governor proposing that arrested activists should cover their own law-enforcement costs.

[InHisImage]

Well, Duh! In San Fran the police busted a "peace" protester with a molotov cocktail. Maybe Americans are simply getting tired of allowing home-grown terrorists to thrive and prosper. Maybe it's time we imprisoned Sarandon, Robbins, Sheen, et al, for the seditionists they are.

[netmilsmom]

Polls have found roughly two-thirds of the country currently favors the war. And while many Americans - including critics of the anti-war movement - agree that protesters have the right to express their views, they don't necessarily want to hear what those views are.

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I know my math is bad, but when did 72% become 2/3?

[KeyWest]

InHisImage signed up 2003-03-20. Welcome to FR.

Nice find. The CSM once was a good place to get an unbiased reporting of the news. No longer.

[lilylangtree]

Another thing to look at is what occurred during the 8 years of demoRAT Clintoonian politics. Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq and Yugoslavia were bombed by Clintoon. Where were the protestors? Not one, nada. Now we have a Republican president who is willing to take on the world's terrorists with the support of a coalition force made up of over 40 countries. The 60's style of protestors are out in full force. My question is what group or groups are behind these protestors with their own political agenda? Regardless, I'm glad to note that the anti-war protestors aren't winning the public relations battle.

[jimduchek]

2/3 is 66.67%... I guess 72% is 'close enough'. Then again, it's closer to 3/4 than it is to 2/3.

[Proud_texan]

"Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia..."

Yep, I ask 'em if they protested those and when they say no I ask them if they supported them and honest ones will say yet. Shuts them up.

Or if it doesn't punch them in the nose and then tell 'em to practice diplomacy and non-violence all that and when they agree that's the solution punch 'em in the nose again...

It's a pure Bush thing, some are simply useful idiots looking for a cheap date, many of the organizers are outright commies that didn't have problem one with Bubba, but heck, he's one of them.

[netmilsmom]

3 more points and it's 3/4. It's well over 2/3, right?
Am I just being anal?

[Stand Watch Listen]

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[lilylangtree]

Absolutely agree with you. Salute! Lily

[Voltage]

.. to Minnesota's governor proposing that arrested activists should cover their own law-enforcement costs.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is a Republican. Gotta love that!

[Billthedrill]

Well, I for one questioned their sincerity, but after they left bowel movements on the sidewalk in San Francisco I said to myself, "Bill, there go some truly dedicated, high-minded idealists."

[Little Bill]

The insults lobbed at war protesters range from Boston hecklers calling them "traitors"

It is about time we got some good press.

[Bigg Red]

Quite right! While their boy the Rapist was infesting the WH, the so called anti-war protestors were nowhere to be seen. (I guess they were living in hi-rises with the homeless, who now also have reappeared because there's a Republican in the WH.) They are not so much anti-war as they are anti-Bush.

[Illbay]

...who still draw tens of thousands to rallies....

Where?

[Ron H.]

Those who protest insist, for the most part, that they support the troops.

This kind of support we don't need....

The anti-War People Wants America to Know That They Too Support Our Troops

[Uncle Miltie]

"Without war, how can you have peace?"

By submitting to the will of (You pick: Allah or Global Socialism). War is not necessary when you are subservient to a dystopia.

[brooklin]

It was just "conservative" rounding.

[Trust but Verify]

They did qualify it with 'roughly'.

[Trust but Verify]

I actually think what they are doing is helpful to conservatism. They show what complete loons exist on the left and they're forcing Dem lawmakers to choose sides and/or expose their own views. Quite instructive.

[Trust but Verify]

That's pretty over the top, yet instructive. The best way to discredit the anti-war movement is to give them the forum in which to discredit themselves.