Chuck Grimes wrote:
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> Now I don't expect anybody to go along with this line of argument at
> the moment. But wait and see. Slowly but certainly, the chasm will
> widen between the `we' and the `US'.
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Yes. The crucial thing of course is that at least an element in the movement loudly proclaim this from the beginning. And as far as I can tell, the point is being made more or less clearly within most local movements. The bulk of the people involved here are not ready to say it themselves, but they are already responding in a quite friendly fashion to those who do say it. And I don't think I've heard a single participant say "Give peace a chance." This movement really is starting out at far higher level of political consciousness than was the case with the anti-war movement of the '60s. Not only were there no flags in our march last Saturday but the only reference to "support our troops" was a joke one person made.
Carrol