Dan Froomkin asks a good question:
A healthy majority of the American public now opposes the war in Afghanistan. More and more Democrats, some leading Republicans, and even members of the military are calling for, if not outright withdrawal, at least an exit strategy.
So where’s the peace movement?
Where are, if not the massive peace marches, at least the quiet peace vigils? Where are the letters to the editor, and the sermons, and the city council resolutions?
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I don’t know if there are peace demonstrations being held, and not being reported, or if there just isn’t enough public engagement on the issue, yet.
Mr. Froomkin wants journalists1 to dig a little deeper:
Footnotes:Nevertheless, it’s astonishing how little public expression there is of such a dominant public sentiment.
Or is it that the media just aren’t paying attention?
So here are my questions to my fellow journalists: Where is the peace movement? Where is the coverage of the peace movement? And is the absence of the latter actually contributing to the absence of the former?
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There’s a peace march in Springfield in front of the federal courthouse every Saturday morning about 11:00. Has been going on for years – rain or shine, hot or cold. It’s the same faithful four or five or six people every week. If I happen to drive by, I always make a point to honk and wave. (It’s one of the few times I happily embrace the obnoxiousness of the car horn – my own or others.)
It seems like I recall a local columnist mentioning the march. But not because of the peace movement, per se. But, because one of the people did something. I can’t remember. Maybe he moved out of town. Or died. Not sure.
It’s a small town in so many ways.
I’ve often wondered if there was something similar in other towns.
Strange. AFter I clicked Submit Comment, it sent me to a 500 error page. I quickly back-paged, worried my comment was lost, but there it was and is.
Even before I figure out why the 500 errors pop up, I really should alter the text on the error page. 99 percent of the time, a simple reload will bring up the appropriate page.