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Modesto Protests War
About fifty people protested in Modesto yesterday against a possible war with Iraq. We marched down McHenry Ave. from Briggsmore to Sylvan, one of the busiest streets in town.
November 9, 2002
Modesto, CA
About fifty people protested in Modesto yesterday against a possible war with Iraq. We marched down McHenry Ave. from Briggsmore to Sylvan, one of the busiest streets in town. Modesto is a very conservative town, with a lot of opposition to progressive thought.
While I marched down Market in San Francisco two weeks ago and felt a part of something huge, protesting in Modesto was much different. As we walked there were many people waving, honking, and showing peace signs out their windows, however, there were also a lot of people shouting from their cars "nuke Iraq" or "bomb Saddam." That behavior didn't occur in the SF march, and I believe this gave me a false sense of the anti-war movements success. There are still areas that are oblivious to the horrors that our government has committed, and they are closer to home than I may choose to admit.
Modesto, CA
About fifty people protested in Modesto yesterday against a possible war with Iraq. We marched down McHenry Ave. from Briggsmore to Sylvan, one of the busiest streets in town. Modesto is a very conservative town, with a lot of opposition to progressive thought.
While I marched down Market in San Francisco two weeks ago and felt a part of something huge, protesting in Modesto was much different. As we walked there were many people waving, honking, and showing peace signs out their windows, however, there were also a lot of people shouting from their cars "nuke Iraq" or "bomb Saddam." That behavior didn't occur in the SF march, and I believe this gave me a false sense of the anti-war movements success. There are still areas that are oblivious to the horrors that our government has committed, and they are closer to home than I may choose to admit.
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