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52. Oh, yes, definitely, I was thinking more of Vietnam. n/t

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If this were the 60's, many people would rise up against the Trump regime. Without the threat of the [View all] RKP5637 Jun 2017 OP

We have a corporate cable media machine today sharedvalues Jun 2017 #1

+100,000... PoiBoy Jun 2017 #8

We're losing the information war - who is fighting back? sharedvalues Jun 2017 #22

Consistently, the RW has the upper hand in the media/information war. It's so damn RKP5637 Jun 2017 #55

We should be resisting the corporate media. Grassroots groups can do that. sharedvalues Jun 2017 #75

That, is where much of it emanates from, and really what brought us Trump. Profit over country. Yes, RKP5637 Jun 2017 #83

I was looking at this recently, the prevalence of right leaning entities wherever one looks. Left RKP5637 Jun 2017 #27

Yes, people ARE rising up Warpy Jun 2017 #29

It is useless. Television has become a damn useless medium, and a propaganda arm. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #53

TV is corporate. Exactly. How do we get this message out to 80% of Americans? sharedvalues Jun 2017 #76

Sure they would have NobodyHere Jun 2017 #2

They're rising up now, and in about the same numbers, frankly. MineralMan Jun 2017 #3

Maybe I felt it more because I was in school back then. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #7

Yes, and so was I, most of that time. MineralMan Jun 2017 #12

But it's women in vast numbers, men appear to be sitting it out. bettyellen Jun 2017 #9

I don't know about that. Here are some photos: MineralMan Jun 2017 #11

Dem congressional reps were quoted saying 75-80% of phone calls were from women... bettyellen Jun 2017 #14

OK, bettyellen. I'm not keeping counts, frankly. MineralMan Jun 2017 #15

It's not something I thought of until I noticed it a bunch of times, and read about it too. bettyellen Jun 2017 #17

Our local Indivisible meetings are 90% female-attended. nt marybourg Jun 2017 #68

Same here, and I'm in a liberal area. Have heard and seen much the same but was reluctance bettyellen Jun 2017 #69

And we know who was REALLY the engine behind the civil rights marybourg Jun 2017 #70

there are more protests now.. and everywhere! samnsara Jun 2017 #43

Well, he IS presumptively the duly elected marybourg Jun 2017 #4

Rise up in what sense? oberliner Jun 2017 #5

I come across a fair number of people that don't even get what's going on. They think it's just RKP5637 Jun 2017 #6

Gotcha oberliner Jun 2017 #10

The 2016 election ushered in one party rule. Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #13

Definitely! "A deformed representative democracy." n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #25

There have been periods of MichMary Jun 2017 #62

NOT two years! More like 60 days (before Ted Kennedy passed), if memory KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #72

Those people in the 60s didn't have student loans Orrex Jun 2017 #16

Excellent point! Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #19

I knew a bunch of folks that had student loans in the 60s onenote Jun 2017 #34

Right, you are peggysue2 Jun 2017 #85

I think my interest rate ws 4% Chipper Chat Jun 2017 #87

At that time, you could declare bankruptcy to escape, no? Orrex Jun 2017 #88

And the threat of having an invented felony on your record for protesting. Oneironaut Jun 2017 #41

Picture/image tracking and all of that. It's getting damn hard to be anonymous at a protest anymore. RKP5637 Jun 2017 #51

The American Political System malaise Jun 2017 #18

I think the buffoon in the WH is getting slammed far more than he ever imagined. One RKP5637 Jun 2017 #21

He is hated and he knows it malaise Jun 2017 #24

"King Dump!" n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #26

People are so afraid of pain. Sugar Smack Jun 2017 #20

... RKP5637 Jun 2017 #23

The government notoriously shot its citizens, Kent State, Jackson State, Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #28

I was implying the danger of that specific sequence to occur. Sugar Smack Jun 2017 #38

Nixon was in office for more than five years Progressive dog Jun 2017 #30

Amazing what Trump has accomplished. The world, just about all, hate him. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #31

people are doing what they can. the protest after he got into office was huge JI7 Jun 2017 #32

Yes, I think it will continue to build. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #44

I'm glad current protests have been so calm that Trump can't push need for "law and order" wishstar Jun 2017 #33

It's a really bad situation all the way around, and what is incredible, many of the people being RKP5637 Jun 2017 #45

That, is an excellent point, it could cause a serious backlash. The ass in WH would likely declare RKP5637 Jun 2017 #54

Too bad Nixon was an immoral Crook...could have accomplished many lmore good things. Auntie Bush Jun 2017 #86

We rose up ... on every college I know of in the late 60s, early 70s ... We got NIXON elected karynnj Jun 2017 #35

It took 2 years for Watergate to bring Nixon down. And he wasn't impeached pnwmom Jun 2017 #37

If Trump is gone, then we have Pence. I don't know if that's any better. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #47

I'm sure that Pence would be worse. He's not as stupid and obvious. yardwork Jun 2017 #49

I doubt you were around for the 60's. Without the internet, people's info pnwmom Jun 2017 #36

On my campus we certainly did. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #48

You are forgetting how little information came out about Watergate, pnwmom Jun 2017 #50

Oh, yes, definitely, I was thinking more of Vietnam. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #52

There have been non-stop protests since January, and it's only June. Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #39

Until Americans can't get on their iphones to play candy crush adigal Jun 2017 #40

It helped when we had charismatic people like Abbie Hoffman & the hippies/yippees. It was the kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2017 #42

Yep, it switched!!! I recall that so well! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #46

Here's some good pics from Vietnam War protests. mhw Jun 2017 #56

Thanks! We got tear gassed and tear gassed, then the commanders where we were RKP5637 Jun 2017 #58

We fought for our lives in those protests. "Old enough to Die in a war but not old enough to vote" mhw Jun 2017 #89

Many people HAVE risen against him vlyons Jun 2017 #57

We'll see what happens after the hearings. Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #59

I barely remember the 60's, but MichMary Jun 2017 #60

Yeah, it's always a catch 22 it seems, never knowing for sure which way the chips will fall. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #63

My fear is that too many right-wing Republicans also benefit from Russian interference... AntiFascist Jun 2017 #61

That's what I think too, although I'm surprised at how stable it seems to be. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #65

K&R Boomerproud Jun 2017 #64

I'm surprised Stephen Miller hasn't written/issued/presented a mandate yet for Trump, creepy RKP5637 Jun 2017 #66

I think dissent generally has gotten more dangerous. alarimer Jun 2017 #67

Yes, I agree, tactics today need to be different. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #71

What does "rise up" mean? - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #73

Please see 5, 6, 10. Thx! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #79

The draft lasted until 1973 ...so it certainly took years. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #74

Chomsky. moondust Jun 2017 #77

Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #80

And many people did rise up against Nixon customerserviceguy Jun 2017 #78

2018 will be the deciding point, won't it. Pretty much the weather vane. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #81

Yep customerserviceguy Jun 2017 #82

I haven't heard from you for awhile, I was happy to see your post! RKP5637 Jun 2017 #84

Yes, I've been working on a big project customerserviceguy Jun 2017 #90