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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the trouble with war protestors is that no matter what their real motivations are... the stated/broadcasted/shouted motivation is always an unjust war. so you have the cowards, the bored, the simple, the uninformed, the impressionable and the true believers all shouting the same tired slogans.
dissent in this country rarely requires any personal investment. it takes no real risk of bodily harm, a small investment of time, no real financial hardship. the fact is that cowards and charlatans can easily blend in with the protest crowd precisely because (thankfully) the free-speech requires so little of the participants.
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I think you could say the exact same things about most of the people who favor any given war.