[TPartyType]

I teach my students to avoid extremes and how to engage in reasoned discourse. As a matter of fact the vast majority of my students don't think street protesting is cool or exciting. They think it's behavior reminiscent of the 1960s and they resent radicals who assume they don't care because they're not out there with them.

But, hey, it takes all kinds. . . . knock yourself out.

[usmcobra]

It is cool and exciting and you've taught them to think that it isn't.

Tell me do you also teach them to avoid support the troops rallys?

Or outdoor political speeches?

Because those could easily be considered behavior(s) reminiscent of the 1960s.

As I see it you are creating a new silent majority willing to allow the left to say whatever they want, and do whatever they want, without even a whimper of protest from "real conservatives".

If you succeed in creating your "real conservatives" won't you also be repeating the hardest lesson of The Viet Nam War, that our silence brought about failure out of victory?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"As a matter of fact the vast majority of my students don't think street protesting is cool or exciting."

I suppose they would have sat on the sidelines in Revolutionary Era America

[BufordP]

usmcobra,

Help me out here. I'm trying to think of an appropriate analogy. Do you think a footbal stadium filled with TPartyType fans would utter a single word of encouragement to their team? Or would they not even bother to attend the game? An entire stadium of mopes or an empty stadium?

That would definitley make for a losing season.

[BufordP]

...They think it's behavior reminiscent of the 1960s..

We prefer the 1760's style of protest.