Are message boards bad for protests?

[Kaleva]

Current protest efforts are laughable compared to what went on in the 60's and I sometimes wonder if the internet has something to do with it. We can, in the comfort of our homes, spend hours and hours expressing our outrage or just an opinion on any of hundreds of subjects. Most boards have rules and codes of conduct which keeps things civil but it also prohibits us from getting in your face with those of opposing views. How would the 60's protests have been had there been mods present banning anyone who broke the rules? People risked their jobs, expulsion from college and possible jail time. Now, we risk being tombstoned.

I'm not suggesting that DU or any other forum abandon their rules as I'd rather not come to a message board where anything goes but I have to admit that going on line provides me with an excuse not to go out into the real world.

[omega minimo]

1. Who wants to know?

[rucky]

2. Maybe you have a point...

The ease of finding people with common views gives us a false sense of security?

Maybe part of what drove people to protest in the 60's was a need people have to seek a community built around a common cause. We already have that here. But it's kind of a bummer without the sex and drugs.