Posted by
Green Faerie on Monday, March 19, 2007 7:08:58 PM
Something very, very interesting, perhaps even historic, happened on St. Paddy's Day. It was the date set for yet another antiwar protest/freak show in the nation's capital to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq as well as the 40th anniversary of the march to the Pentagon.
Imagine the moonbats' surprise when they were confronted by thousands of people, many of them Vietnam veterans, along the march route. When word went out that the nutburgers were going to march near the Vietnam Memorial and that perhaps some of the black bloc vandals were planning some mischief, veterans and others sick of the free reign the crackpot left has been given since the '60s took action. The end result was an antiwar protest with numbers that were matched or outmatched (depending on the source) by flag-wavers instead of flag burners. Nothing was vandalized. The good guys won.
The MSM didn't know what to make of it all, so it either ignored the Gathering of Eagles or played down their numbers. But something of significance has happened and I think deep down, even the most committed lefty knows it. Since the New Left took to the streets in the 1960s--back when they had much bigger numbers at that--the Silent Majority has stayed home. It would always be a one-sided show for the press. Even up through the anti-globalization marches, which became the anti-America/anti-Israel "peace" marches of recent years, most of us said, "Hey, unlike those unwashed weirdos, we have jobs, we have kids to raise, bills to pay, lawns to mow, soccer games to attend, and groceries to buy. If we were slacker losers, we'd have loads of time to protest too." Only a few folks like those from FreeRepublic.com or Protest Warrior would show up to counterdemonstrate and that didn't start happening until the late '90s/early '00s.
That all changed on Saturday. Those of us who want victory in Iraq, who are tired of the Code Pinkos dominating the media, who are sick of seeing those anarchist punks damage property with impunity, and who do not want to see today's veterans spit on and called baby killers are realizing we have to take the cut-and-run movement head on. The internet was an invaluable tool in getting the word out and getting organized in a short period of time. It would've been nice if more folks in talk radio promoted the GOE, but perhaps next time they will.
I've long believed that the battle to save our civilization is two-pronged: first against the people who mean to terrorize us into submission and second against the radicals in our own society who are undermining that fight. Finally, finally the silent majority is starting to take on the second part of that fight to the streets.