Have I said lately that I have no use for
ignorant, extremist anti-war protesters? Well, I don’t. Now, I am not
talking about those who have given the matter conscientious thought and have
an intelligent alternative to the dangers that face us as a nation, as a
people. I’m talking about the drum-beating throwbacks to the 1960’s that
contend George W. Bush is a Nazi and who bash the United States every chance
they get. You know the people I am talking about, the MoveOn.org and
A.N.S.W.E.R. group. Quite frankly, I feel they have been cheated out of the
ability to utilize common sense and higher thinking skills but that would be
an indictment of our education system and that’s not what this article I
about.
I had the opportunity this past weekend to view several scenes from anti-war
protests across the country. If you would like to view them yourself you can
do so by going to ProtestWarrior.com and accessing their Operation
Wolverines streaming video. But be prepared to laugh, shake your head and
inevitably wonder how our society has allowed this type of misguided,
undeveloped and ignorantly based thought, possessed by these teenaged and
"twenty-somethings,” to survive in the information age.
The first thing that strikes anyone with a shred of rational thought is the
fact these protesters march the streets of our major cities proclaiming to
be champions of free speech while demonstrating their violently jaded
hypocrisy. More than a few times during my viewing of the marches I saw
allegedly peace-loving people, defenders of free speech, pushing, shoving
and actually accosting those who showed up to counter their demonstration.
The peace-loving anti-war protesters tore up the signs the
counter-demonstrators were carrying, spat on American flags and used
language, gestures and tactics that would get a guard at the Abu Ghraib
prison Court Martialed. How anyone can call himself a defender of free
speech while they destroy someone else’s property and stifle their
opposition’s freedom of speech is beyond me. To wit, wouldn’t that very
action be the definition of hypocrisy?
During one of the protests in New York City a member of the
counter-demonstration group who was filming the protest asked one anti-war
protester what he stood for. The ragged hypocrite said, "freedom of speech
and an end to violence all over the world.” But when confronted with a
video-clip of him ripping a counter-protesters sign up and heaving it into a
crowd of on-lookers, almost hitting a small child in the head, he turned and
ran from the cameras. To those who view the ignorance of these protesters
with contempt, his running personified the cowardice of this group of
people. To those new to such things it would have to raise questions about
their dedication to "the cause.”
Still another duplicity highlighted by these peace-loving, anti-war
protesters was their sporting of Palestinian flags during their protest
marches. Chants could be heard that depicted Israel of being an aggressor
country akin to Nazi Germany yet not one of the protesters mentioned
anything about the suicide bombings with which the Palestinian terror groups
have targeted Israeli civilians or the naked aggression of the terrorists
who wrecked havoc on New York City on September 11th. They chanted their
hate for President Bush, his administration and allied governments through
Palestinian headscarves that covered their faces, not unlike their cowardly
counterparts in the Middle East. Once again, when asked why they felt the
need to hide their faces they ran away fearful of being exposed. The
question really needs to be asked, if they truly believed in their cause,
and they truly considered themselves in the right, why would they feel the
need to hide their identities?
Yet another aspect of their misguided viewpoint was exposed when some of the
more verbose members of the anti-war crowd actually enjoined themselves into
conversation with the counter-demonstrators. I can’t tell you how many times
the words "conspiracy” and "CIA” were used but suffice it to say they was
used more often than in even the most popular of Tom Clancy’s novels. The
quandary here is how an agency they have depicted as so incredibly inept
could be so cunningly good as to have perpetrated all of the conspiracies
that the anti-war crowd contends the CIA has executed around the world.
The same can be said of there statements about President Bush. They contend
that he is a stupid man but that his evil is incredibly cunning. It should
be pointed out to these people that it is quite impossible to be cunning and
stupid at the same time. These extreme Leftists contend certain beliefs at
selected times and contradictory points of view at others, their assertions
flipping and flopping like a John F. Kerry campaign stance to suit their
unperceptive arguments when needed.
While I do defend this groups right to assemble and utilize their right to
free speech perhaps it should go a step further. Perhaps the mainstream
public, especially the demographic bearing the title "swing voters” should
be required to view or attend at least one of these "peace-loving,” anti-war
rallies before they cast their ballots in November. Perhaps they should be
afforded the opportunity to meet and converse with the extremists who call
themselves members of the "progressive” movement. To be honest, I don’t
think anything could be more effective for the Bush campaign than for this
to happen. It would almost assure a victory for the Bush-Cheney campaign in
2004. The idea has to scare the living daylights out of the Kerry Camp…being
that he is such a moderate, right?!
Frank Salvato is a political media consultant and the
managing editor for The New Media Journal.us. He served as an editor and is a contributing
writer for The Washington Dispatch. He writes regularly for GOPUSA,
OpinionEditorials, Men’s News Daily, Canada Free Press & AmericanDaily. His
pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com. He has appeared as a guest on
The O’Reilly Factor, The Kevin Matthews Radio Show (Chicago) and The Brad
Messer Radio Show (San Antonio). His pieces have been recognized by the
Japan Center for Conflict Prevention and are occasionally featured in The
Washington Times and The London Morning Paper as well as other national and
international publications.
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