tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3059067797912915165..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin as HeroesRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87257436812246578362010-04-01T02:10:07.603-04:002010-04-01T02:10:07.603-04:00I remember the jolly tactics of Rubin and Hoffman,...I remember the jolly tactics of Rubin and Hoffman, and yes, the Tea Partyers could well learn from them. They could do more than that.<br /><br />40 years ago now, at the height of the Vietnam War, some imaginative anti-war activists at the University of Michigan put together a Left-Right Conference, hoping to bring the non-Marxist Left and the then-dawning Libertarian Right to come together andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24032374105065789852010-03-30T15:38:42.560-04:002010-03-30T15:38:42.560-04:00Well said Wenzel. It is sad that there are no high...Well said Wenzel. It is sad that there are no high profile protestors who can put the disobediance in civil disobediance demonstrations. The kind that dominate the news and make people uncomfortable.<br /><br />Instead most americans seem ready to submit to strip searches rather than protest the violation of their rights in the hope this will protect them from the blowback from the middle east Efinancialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83586447739302939192010-03-30T13:29:36.032-04:002010-03-30T13:29:36.032-04:00I agree.
The present anti-war movement has made t...I agree.<br /><br />The present anti-war movement has made the mistake of trying to be politically correct.<br /><br />As Paul Craig Roberts just pointed out in his farewell column, the antiwar folks made a fatal error when they bought into the gov 911 conspiracy theory. Oh so dumb.<br /><br />Hoffman and Rubin would have smelled the 911 inside job rat right at the git-go. They had to go.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com