> I think the mindless sloganeering
> sustituting for concrete analysis of the present sitution after S11 was one
> of the most depressing things I have experienced in years. We lost the
> debate on the war and even more on the peace, because the public analysis of
> the "peace movement" was so disconnected from the reality experienced by the
> general population that they tuned it out. The media may have contributed
> with their press blackouts, but that was true in many past peace movements
> and the message got out on the streets.
>
Just as well that so disconnected and vacuous a message didn't get out. The concept of "cultural lag" was invented to account for much what the peacenik left has tried to present as "thought." Vietnam was a long time ago.
Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema