Reply #36: Valid point [View All]

[MADem]

I've said this in other threads, but the prevailing opinion was, back then, that there was a group of wastrel hippie agitators that were causing all the problems and somehow being "unpatriotic." Between the (tame looking, now) long hair, unwashed look, the beads, the odd jewelry, the no bras, bandanas, the dirty feet, and so on, NO ONE HEARD THE MESSAGE. Jane became part of that "crowd." It was only when the cleaner cut Vietnam vets, and the FAMILIES--moms in aprons, dads with crewcuts--started bitching that the worm began to turn.

Her heart was in the right place, but her methodology sucked. The attention came to HER, not the error in prosecuting the war.

There's nothing wrong with using "the establishment" (remember that word?) as a real PARTNER in getting out the word. You can preach all day to a choir of clones who think like you, the challenge is to win the hearts and minds of the everyman and everywoman.