Chicago Anti-War Rally - A View From the Inside 1

From A Member of the UofC Republicans:

Unlike most videos concerning anti-war rallies, this one does not contain violent crashes with the police, or emotional "word wars" with counter-protestors, or property destruction by protestors.

With proper "protest" attire on, I ventured forth to the Chicago October 27th anti-war march. Unlike other places I've been like Camp Reality in Crawford, Texas, my purpose did not lie in merely remaining within the pro-troops barricades. I wanted to hear from the protestors and allow you to be the judge. Due to my "cover", I didn't want to press uncharacteristically too hard on the protestors, so I kept the questions very mild and not confrontational.

Though there existed many statements of contradiction, irrationality, and inapplicability, I will not use this forum to wage a personal agenda. You decide.


Sadly, I didn't arrive in time to interview many of the counter-protestors. One of them had lost his son in Iraq and another had just said goodbye to his son who is now deployed in Afghanistan.

May God protect our troops and bring them home soon.

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• Iraq
• anti-war
• antiwar
• rally
• protest
• protesters
• Chicago
• Bush
• Cheney
• military
• hippies
• march
• liberal
• october
• 27
• peace

[UofCRepublicans]

We do believe that people can most definitely be against the Iraq War and support the troops. Most of the rallies we have been present at though have individuals who wave signs like "we'll support our troops once they turn their guns on their officers"; such actions give a very negative image to rational beings who object to the war and love our troops.

Thankfully this march and rally didn't have as many irrational extremists as usual.

[UofCRepublicans]

The student filmer believes this as well and was referring in the video to what he usually sees at the rallies - we've been spit on, cussed at, and physically abused at these events just by trying to engage in discussion. The filmer though was able to prevent this by going by himself and not associating himself with the counter-protest at all.

This is a chance for individuals to hear from the protesters themselves and make prudent judgments from doing such.

[TheMooniniteProject]

hey, just because we are antiwar doesn't mean we are anti-troops.

[UofCRepublicans]

Everyone please note "TheMooniniteProject"'s comment that he "agrees" with "screwing the troops".

We wonder how pro-troop he really is...?

[TheMooniniteProject]

i never said i'm pro-troop...

[UofCRepublicans]

From Video 2:

"TheMooniniteProject (1 day ago)

am i the only anti-war/pro-troops freeper here? shit i hope i don't get banned :D"

[taraguiman]

Were there any puppets? A communist rally just isn't a real rally if they don't have puppets.

"Mabu? Mabu?"

[BlasterAD]

nothing better than seeing a group of people use there defended right to assembly (one of many rights that was won through war) to protest WAR think about it people. and as a marine let me say that you cant protest a war and support the troops because the troops believe in what there doing. theres not a single person in the military today that did not either enlist or reenlist since the war started.

[Arynidius]

Irony at it's best.Protesting war by a right won by war.

[CarolynMary2]

I think this may be the problem in our society. Our refusal to thin for ourselves. I do agree that most of the people he spoke with in the video were unfortunate to say the least. (Except the women who spoke of scripture.) However, don't you think I as a die hard leftwinger could go to a "pro-troops" rally and find at least three very dumb and incoherent people to speak with, and then put together a "un-biased" video? Of course I could.

[icommservices]

Hey UofCers- noticed that "TheMiPro" never responded to your fact finding rebuttal to his "i never said i'm pro-troop...." post. Kind of speaks of itself. Had about 3 months to admit or refute with facts. At times when it comes to some "liberals" is that they do not even understand their own arguments. p.s. harvard The University of Chicago of the east! ;)

[dougfromupland]

Amazing. Thanks for this. The bald guy was great with his California fire conspiracy. The Che guy has an IQ that doesn't register. "Peace through Stupidity." That really works every time, huh. And the parents of that little foul mouth girl at the end should be very proud of her.

[TheMooniniteProject]

i never said i was pro-troop, i *asked* if i was pro-troop.