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There's a place for that but it should be a last resort. The Nixon administration was more afraid of the collective size of the protest movement - not the viole
by pstuart 13y ago
There's a place for that but it should be a last resort. The Nixon administration was more afraid of the collective size of the protest movement - not the violence by the radical fringe.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec11/nixontapes_11-25.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec11/nixont...
- pessimizer 13y agoI think that's because the violence that the Nixon administration would have to visit on a protest movement that couldn't be worked around would cause support for the administration to crumble.