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The silent majority criticized the people who were against the war efforts. They were called the silent majority because they didn’t voice their opinions like the people who were against the war. The silent majority consisted of both older Americans who had served in world war I and younger Americans who would probably end up serving in Vietnam. They were blue collar, middle class, average citizens. These were the Americans who didn’t join in the large demonstrations against the Vietnam War, who didn’t join in the counterculture, and who didn’t participate in public discourse.The silent majority was overpowered by the media who was against the war and wanted to “stop killing our American boys.” Nixon was said to have won the election when he asked these people to come forward and support him. Which they did. The silent majority didn’t really have a method to spread their message. They kept to themselves and just stayed out of the action. They let the people who were against the war do all the talking. They were overshadowed by the media and the loud voices of the people who were against the war and they didn’t try to speak out. That’s why they're called the silent majority! This was practical because they didn’t have to do anything. In the 1970’s there wasn’t as much technology as there is today. You couldn’t just start a facebook group for your political stance and tvs also weren’t as popular so it was harder to get information out. It wasn’t the most practical thing the silent majority could have done because they really didn’t do anything to spread information but it was somewhat practical because there weren’t that many ways to get information out. A success of the silent majority was that it wasn’t overkill. The people who were against the war were really in your face about it. The way the silent majority didn’t push their views on people made people more likely to join them. By not promoting their position they may just have gained more supporters. Another sucess of the silent majority was getting Nixon voted president. Nixon knew what he wanted to do when it came to the war. He knew we needed to get our troops out and used a method called vietnamization, which would give south vietnam more control and less of a need for american ground troops. The silent majority supported this. Although they kept their opinions to themselves, the silent majority had a big impact on the Vietnam War.


 * "Silent majority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. . **