[lbo-talk] Re: how's it feel?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 17 15:08:07 PDT 2003


Marta Russell wrote:


>I am exasperated with the self righteousness of the American people
>who sit in the safety seat watching the war show as if it is a
>football game.

That's not entirely true. Polls, for what they're worth, show high levels of anxiety and sadness. Fewer people watched TV coverage of this war than GW I, and more shielded their children from it. Sure, the bellowing yahoos were out in force, but they're not the whole story, and are probably not even the majority.

Doug



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