Letters to the Editor
Kitt
Published Letters: 3142
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che
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I would argue that sustained large scale protests, or even sustained mid-scale protests, especially in DC, would have an effect whether or not they are accurately or extensively covered in the mass media. The simple fact of people assembling again and again -- or staying assembled until their just cause is recognized and public policy action undertaken -- can have a profound effect on those who make public policy.
One off protests almost never work.
But cynical dismissal of Public Protest is even less likely to lead to positive change.
-- Ché Pasa
Of course they would have an effect. That fact is not in question. The evidence stands by the effect that kind of sustained protest accrues in, for example, France. But here in America we are saddled with an ever falling Union, an ever growing One percent taking 80 percent of the income. Or to put it another way: how are peoplew who need to eat and feed their children supposed to hang out in DC malls for a couple of months and have their bills paid at the same time? It's is f'ing easy to make light of the fact that people are strapped with trying to make a living. But, damn it, they are. Aren't they?
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Anon#umpteenth
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Zionism?
critique Israel.
--Anonymous
The subject of the Lukude factor is brought up frequently. Pay attention, and then you won't find yourself to be the umpteenth f'ing Anon poster to bring up shit that just isn't true. Whatayasay?
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adnoto
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with anon
An anon said:
War protests
No not massive.
A few thousand here and there. And then the whole thing died. And if you're going to protest don't limit yourselves to liberal college campuses.
-- adnoto
So you agree with anon when he/she/it says that only a few thousand showed up, when in fact hundreds of thousands showed up? And you agree with anon that holding protests on 'liberal college campuses' is silly, when the facts are that the protests were held on the streets of American cities. And also all over the world? What exactly is it that you agree with anon about, since anon has been shown to be full of shit?
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adnote speaks for adnoto. Not for me.
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I know you want to claim that there have been massive protests and "oh woe is us the media and the man ignored them and and...waaaaa" but it is my belief that, at this point, you and those like you are simply using the media and government as scapegoats to sooth your nagging fear that you haven't done enough."
-- adnoto
Tell you what. Since you think you are speaking for me, in that you think you know what I want to claim, I'll let you speak for me in saying "Fuck you" to you. Do not ever try to tell me what I want to claim and expect to not get a 'fuck you' about it.
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Adnoto thinks it's funny
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lol. Kitt. I was speaking to you because you responded to my post. You can choose to ignore the larger point of the discussion if you like but your defensiveness is not helping to convince me that I was incorrect in my assessment. Being angry and telling me to fuck off is all well and good but it still doesn't change the fact that the media and the man can only be blamed so long before one realizes that, in the end, it is we who are to blame.
-- adnoto
Since you continue to think you are speaking for me - "You can choose to ignore the larger point of the discussion if you like", I will say 'fuck you',adnoto, in my own words this time.
I am aware of your "larger point". It continues to this day. How much coverage has the op-ed in the New York Times gotten? Almost none. How much coverage did O'Hanlon's and Pollack's op-ed get? Tons. Is that my fault? Am I not aware of that lack of balance? No on both counts. My reply to you of "Fuck you" stands because you're being an azzhole by trying to speak for me. Which you do with incredible inacuracy.
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Adnot
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you for confirming my assessment though. For a moment I had worried that I had read you incorrectly. Keep screaming into the void Kitt. I wish you luck.
-- adnoto
There is no "thank you" warranted, Assnoto. I despise it when arrogant f's like you try that "thank you" tripe. Not only do you read me incorrectly, but you speak for me incorrectly. You're being an asshole trying to cover for your putrid, cup-o-soup replies.
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In the end...
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But, alas, this does not comport with the John Wayne narrative that our leaders and prognosticators have clung to so emotionally and subconsciously, for so long.
-- DCLaw1
That could well fall under the 'we're not to blame' slime of adnoto. If adnoto isn't too busy primping in front of the mirror, you will have words put into your mouth.
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nasruddin
[Read the article: The rigid pro-war ideology of the foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]@both: Lager beer greatly enhances any pissing contest, increasing both volume and intensity...
-- nasruddin
Can't disagree with that.
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S'bag
[Read the article: Reply to Dan Drezner]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sure. It would have been better to leave us wondering what the true state of Saddam's armaments were, and the people of Iraq under the thumb of a totalitarian dictator. Oh yeah, that's a truly humanitarian position.--shooter
How many times has this S'bag, shooter, posted this same nonsense? "How many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
And Pretend that he just doesn't see?"
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Bob
[Read the article: Reply to Dan Drezner]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Look at how many times he has invited Bill Kristol and John McCain. Guess how many times he has invited any one of the 33 scholars of international affairs who protested against the iraq war back in 2002? Zero.
Bob
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It took me a half a second to recall that Sydney Blumenthal was on Jon Stewart's show. Other people on this forum will, I'm sure, recall others. At any rate, your "Zero" has been disqualified.