why don't people protest the war in Iraq?

Question

Early in the Iraq war, protests were frequent, and strong, and people made the public opinion known. I live in California, land of the Liberals. In the last few months, I have seen the Hippie movement come back in the way of music and fashion, and yet, I have not seen the peaceful protest make a comeback. I want people's opionons. What's the matter with kids today?

Answer 1

They have tazer guns now for crowd control.

Answer 2

I have wondered the same thing. Here is my guess. If we had the draft, there would be protests because the pressure to serve would be mandated and spread across all parts of society. As it is, many people do not have friends, relatives etc that are put in harms way.
Even that answer does not seem adequate. Perhaps some 1960's protesters will read this question and tell us what motivated them that is missing today.
Or, do people protest in a different way these days, rather than marching? Like writing on the Internet, writing congress etc.

Answer 3

The protests is only no longer as vast as Vietnam for following motives:you're splendid on the subject of the draft because of the fact it extra militia provider to those who did no longer purchase into that equipment interior the 1st place and comprehend a thank you to artwork it vast time; next the very huge quantity of your tax money going directly and in a roundabout way into public family members so the information media won't kill that golden goose; Strike 3 there's a transforming into attractiveness Capitalism desires wars to exist. frequently solders are no longer getting used yet reservists so for each product they make on a similar time as no longer at conflict it now takes 3 workers.

Answer 4

I would protest the war in Iraq BUT the "Peace Movement " galls me. As soon as a war becomes unpopular they come out of the woodwork, cowards who use the unjustness of the war to justify thier own cowardice. Either that or those who are pushing thier own cause rather than trying to end the war.

So I am caught between them and the Brownshirted Bush Thugs who think anyone who disagrees with thier Fuhrer is a traitor.

Answer 5

People in California cannot relate to those who have watched whole towns disappear in front of their eyes because police came in and put them to death, that reality does not happen in California, probably doesn't even make the news, and if it did, it would be shut off.
The war in Iraq is more about people that want life or something more than it is about politics in the U.S.
Try putting yourself in someone else's shoes for just a moment, even if it isn't American...
Be careful...

Answer 6

The kids are not protesting because they are not being sent to Iraq unless they volunteer for the armed services. The draft would change things if it were to be instituted again. In the 70's, a lot of war protests were fueled by young people who saw their futures being taken from them by the government. Today's young people do not feel they have a stake in this war, because they aren't being forced to participate against their will.

Answer 7

in case you havnt noticed neo cons are targeting protests ,
with violent acts
any protest that looks like having the numbers to work real change will be disrupted
kids today have only the peers fed to them
they have been attacked by evil from their birth ,just watching tv they have become frightened ,think of the murders conceived in the movies you saw on tv the last week
so many cops shows , so many trials , so much new age murder and mayhem , media has sewn the seeds of vile-nice
[violence] well
kids haver been shut down , they cant play nice so choose not to play at all
theyknow drugs are evil but booze is good
winners drink ,see the ritch fotballers , the wealthy race car drivers abounding the glory in booze baths
see our super alert polititions on thier perscribed speed pills
see the drugging [perscribed drugging] of the attention deficits to attention getting credits

Answer 8

The kids aren't very much into it because, according to their own lingo, it wouldn't be "cool" to do that sort of thing. It takes initiative and drive to enact a protest, and this generation possesses a surplus in indolence and lackadaisical attitude that makes it a near impossibility for that type of 'culture' to make a reappearance.

Besides, I really don't think the days of 'Nam are similar to what we have in Iraq today. It's not as black-and-white as all that.

Answer 9

Well there are sevral reasons. The first of which i think is one of the most importance. These days the way in which one expresses themselves has changed in such drastic ways since Nam, that when you look at how people went about going against nam back then it is very easy to see that, the way in which it is delt with these days will be heavily diffrent. An exsample of how people express themselves these days is myspace, and the popculture pilgramage of sorts to the apple store to take pictures of yourself using photobooth to put up on your myspace page. Expression these days has become very tech'ed, look at all the chans.... Anti hate crime has been taken to a whole new level by the people of 4chan, and in way that has not been seen before for god sakes there camping out infront of hall turners place.. but the key to how they decided to do so is how? The internet.. Protest has become more and more in the way of blogs, forums, chat rooms..... Music does reflect protest agains tthe war but where do many people get there music these days? Itunes store, people can hear protest and be protest in the form off a fat *** eating chips sitting on a couch at home... Why risk highpressured hoses, trampled by police on horseback, riot sheild bashes, tear gas, dogs, rubber bullets, bean bag bullets, tazors, night sticks, and more recently a beam bbased anti inftantry weapon that can icapacitate sevral people at once with out doing any physical damage, when you can wail on the goverment from the safty of your own home.
you know why kids arnt out there? Cause there parents for one are part of that generation from nam and know what its like to het the hose or the nightstick, there reluctant to let there kids go out into that. They dont want to have to bail there kids out. They dont want to go to the hospital cause there son or daughter got trampled by a fleeing crowd.
Kids also of our generation are once again tech'ed, our expression has been through the internet more then any other medium these days, sure theres art... and theres photoshop... sure theres music like guitar...; but then theres programs for that too... Theres writing and poetry... but those can go on blogs and forums...

Answer 10

i ask the same question to myself awl the time. its awl bad out here man... im a Christian and attend church regularly. at home i study the bible with my friends and from what i read in the Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) the end is definitely near. there may be reasons why people dont protest, some Americans do but majority of us don't...and we all have our reasons. but if you look at the big picture, regardless of our individual reasons or excuses, people are dying, families are being snatched apart, and hearts are slowing breaking... its gonna get harder and harder in this hell hole and things will began to cut us alittle deeper each time. i just got saved last Easter and it was the best choice i could have ever made. my advice: war will continue forever, do what you can, join protestors that are already out there, Get right with God and watch God move.

Answer 11

Are you kidding? I saw a huge mass of people in my city just yesterday, standing outside a recruitment office protesting. With signs and ridiculous Bush costumes and everything.