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In response to "NPR compares the Columbia University protests 2024 with 1968 -- (link)" by zeitgeist

I don't know. In '68 young people had skin in the game. Theirs. I applaud the cause to stop the genocide in Gaza, and they make a valid point we're

Posted by Last Of My Kind (aka zunkskunk) Apr 26 '24, 18:20

paying for it. But back then, many of the protesters around the country saw the possibility they might go to Viet Nam. Many did.
None of these kids will have to risk their lives in Gaza.

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Doesn't that make the current message more powerful? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 18:24 2
- Yes, in a way it does in that the actions in Gaza poses no direct threat to the protestors. They are advocating for others and risking arrest doing so - Last Of My Kind Apr 26, 18:44
- in 68 it was quite a radical concept to realize that your government was lying its ass off to convince the public we should die in the jungle for??? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 18:42

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I don't know. In '68 young people had skin in the game. Theirs. I applaud the cause to stop the genocide in Gaza, and they make a valid point we're

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