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In reply to the discussion: The Young People Will Win [View all]Voltaire2
(13,353 posts)59. Correct. So clearly 'middle America' didn't
end the war. Utter fing chaos all over the country had a lot to do with ending the draft and pulling out our troops.
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So why are US Jewish college kids being threatened on campus? They have nothing to do with any
emulatorloo
Apr 29
#34
So you think she was right when she said Jews need to go home to Poland and Germany?
AZSkiffyGeek
Apr 30
#131
I wonder who "They" is that distorted her remarks by reporting them accurately
AZSkiffyGeek
Apr 30
#137
Telling Jews to go back to the countries where 6 million were slaughtered is criticizing Israel?
AZSkiffyGeek
Apr 30
#140
Please explain the history and difference between Revisionist and Labor Zionism.
PufPuf23
Apr 29
#66
if they don't think there's any difference between the parties then they're just dumb
NoRethugFriends
Apr 29
#62
People tend to protest the genocide they see occurring today before their own eyes.
AloeVera
Apr 30
#82
ICJ "didn't decide claim of genocide was plausible" nor "that there's a plausible case of genocide"
emulatorloo
Apr 29
#35
I am reporting on the FACTS of how the ICJ ruled. If you have a problem with their ruling
emulatorloo
Apr 30
#132
President of IJC confirms that it did not decide that SA's claim of genocide was plausible.
lapucelle
Apr 29
#70
Protests helped end the Vietnam War, bolster the Civil Rights Movement, and end South Africa's apartheid.
Lonestarblue
Apr 29
#5
America suffers badly from short-term memory loss. America also suffers from shiny-object syndrom
Hekate
Apr 29
#63
They don't feel threatened. They are threatened on a daily basis. That is wrong.
Demsrule86
Apr 29
#20
So the protesters in Seattle chanting "We don't want no Jewish state, we want back to '48"...
Jedi Guy
Apr 29
#39
You will, I hope, forgive me if I'm not moved by an appeal to the majority fallacy.
Jedi Guy
Apr 30
#121
Two country solution is best. It gives Israel the ability to worry about themselves.
jimfields33
Apr 29
#27
It needs to go back to the old West Bank border. Can't create a pock-marked state.
LeftInTX
Apr 29
#49
Jared is Jewish. There is no way that will happen. And it will take time for stabilty.
Demsrule86
Apr 29
#52
Well I am reminded that Nixon won in 68 and 72 with a war that we were fighting
Demsrule86
Apr 29
#18
That is what I said...perhaps I didn't make it clear. Protesting the war did nothing. Nixon
Demsrule86
Apr 29
#22
And consider Boomers were the largest generation ever...what if they had voted for
Demsrule86
Apr 29
#25
well, widespread draft resistance played a huge role in ending our direct intervention.
Voltaire2
Apr 29
#42
1968 ended with Republicans controlling the White House for the next 20 out ot 24 years
MistakenLamb
Apr 30
#89
Yes. The few disruptors are happily amplified and the rest, who are peaceful, are ignored.
AloeVera
Apr 30
#84
Having once been a young person during the Vietnam War, I have some experience in the matter.
elocs
Apr 29
#41
The civil rights movement was non-violent, not cursing, screaming, name-calling, threats.
betsuni
Apr 30
#90
Although many don't want to admit it - there are so many Holocaust scholars, survivors, families who stand with students
Nanjeanne
Apr 30
#123
He's not waxing poetic about all the young people in history who didn't win though...
AkFemDem
Apr 30
#110
I'm hoping this will motivate them to vote. However, I wouldn't bet the farm.
walkingman
Apr 30
#135