2 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
JAMES ROY LEE's avatar

Maybe it's because they got stiffed by Joe Biden for their trouble. If college students protested because they thought it would matter, they were wrong. When Biden was asked if the protests would cause him to reevaluate US policy in Gaza, he grinned and said, "No, absolutely not!" He actually mocked them for being stupid enough to think he might listen to them. If Biden wouldn't listen, Trump certainly isn't going to. And Trump might use a campus protest to send in the military, just to show he could get away with it.

And why is it the job of just college students to protest injustice? I don't see Boomers out in the streets protesting about Ukraine or anything else. Does anyone in this country actually care about Ukraine? Tell me who that would be. Does anyone in this country actually care about Uyghurs or Tibetans? Tell me who that would be.

(FYI, China is trying to force the use of the alternative English spelling "Uygur" to separate the Uyghurs in China from other ethnically affiliated groups. If you cared, you would know.)

Expand full comment
Lisa McConlogue's avatar

If you haven’t seen boomers protesting Ukraine you haven’t been looking.

Expand full comment