We protested South Africa. One group of people suppressing another group of people and forcing them to live in certain areas. Lots of extrajudicial killings of people that lived in townships. Oh wait, Israel does that too.
We protested South Africa. One group of people suppressing another group of people and forcing them to live in certain areas. Lots of extrajudicial killings of people that lived in townships. Oh wait, Israel does that too.
I protested the fact that every teen movie I watched made college out to be a place of uninhibited bacchanalia, and when I got there it was mostly a bunch of nerds studying. What a gyp that turned out to be.
It must be wonderful to be so republican-a$$ sure that everyone else's struggles are all their own fault. How validating for you!
Key questions, as always: what year(s), and how much did college cost at the time? Are those answers, mayhaps, just slightly different from the current landscape?
I forget which movie this is from, but... "Mindless conformity, or impotent protest?"
For disclaimer purposes: NOT THAT I ENDORSE THIS,but... extreme and disruptive action are the only things that create true change in a system like ours. Protesting within what the system allows you to do (designated "protest areas," approved signage, etc etc) is borderline idiotic and serves as little more than a gesture/virtue signal. And college kids + young neolib types have always/will always loooove virtue-signaling without anything to actually back it up.
Soda machines costing more then 1.00
most protest ARE mindless conformity.
The bar closing at 1:00 a.m.
Nothing, was too busy taking care of business and getting ahead in life. Glad I kept my focus.
Why would anyone downvote this post? If he is serious, it is funny, self-deprecating, and endearing. If he is trolling, it is - in the very least - informed and tasteful. It might be one of my favorite posts on LRC.
This is an interesting take, let’s use a little critical thinking here. Why do you think “normal” people aren’t protesting? Is it that they benefit from the status quo at the expense of others? Most “normal” people aren’t interesting in social issues until it affects them personally, or until they critically think about how these issues really do affect them. I guess in your eyes “abnormal” just means someone advocates for people other than themselves.
I was preoccupied with Beer Pong, but I recall a lot of female students wanted to ban wire hanger for some reason.
Clearly, I couldn't have put this better myself — great points.
I marched in one protest against the Viet Nam War at my university in Northern California. I must be one of the oldest LRC people.
Or maybe they do this to gain social clout and know that since it doesn't affect them personally, they have no risk.
"Oh look at me protesting for black people.. I'm so righteous!" then she goes back home to live in a 99% white community, work a job in a 99% white company that her daddy got her as a favor from his friends.
That war and the US policies surrounding every bit of it destroyed all the good will that we still had going for us post WWII. Everything about that war was wrong. From Vietnam on the US citizenry has had ZERO reasons for believing anything the government tells them about anything.
They wanted to put a sculpture in the middle of a lawn that was good for frisbee and football. I think I signed the petition.
We had three things going on during my college years.
The Equal Rights Amendment
Nuclear Power
And the Iranian students were always out protesting. "Down with the Shah" they would chant. But when the Shaw went down the Iranian students all disappeared from campus.
I have protested (I'm still in university) against the state neglection of the rail system (which cost the lives of 57 people last year here), against the attack on Palestine and also against the legalisation of private universities (they were always state-funded)
You are making a fool of yourself. Your protests are futile.
Well I still hope I’m free to express my opinion as we’re not (yet) a dictatorship. I’m not saying that if I protest it’ll change something but if thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people get together to protest and paralyse the country the government will get the message: their position is volatile and we do not like them.