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What the hell are you talking about? The comparison is between the US college protest being like the Vietnam protest, not between the conflicts in Vietnam and Gaza which are nothing alike. This is a politically coming of age of a new generation of protesters, and the political establishment dug themselves into a position that these protesters will never accept. This may be Biden's downfall because there's no chance he'll give up his full support of Israel and the occupation.
I'm talking about the entire issue.
Your response is what I mean when I complain about laziness.
It's good that kids are protesting.
This extra-national conflict , that the US is not directly involved in, and Biden clearly does not fully support, is not a generationally defining events directly comparable to Vietnam.
As for your "political coming of age", it's very nice that some students are righteously upset about this war that's been going on for almost a century,, but the possibility that they are growing up is not generationally defining, it is possibly personally defining for some of them.
Which is still important, and less hyperbolic and incorrect.
Also, "biden's downfall"? Absurd.
Let's look at how dumb that assertion is.
If the ~13 million college student voters ignore the Biden investments in infrastructure, sustainable energy, lgbtq rights, labor rights, environmental investment, student loan debts cancellation, covid relief, domestic policy, foreign policy, international relations, and importantly, his diplomatic efforts to draw down the current israeli-palestine conflict, and they decide to focus on part of a single issue, and illogically personally blame Biden for continuing an active military alliance that has existed since before biden was potty trained, vote for somebody else and that 8% of voters somehow leads to biden's loss and then a candidate they don't want wins, then that outcome and its consequences will be entirely their own short-sighted fault.
You're advocating ignoring the achievements of an administration to bolster narrow self-righteousness.
Personally satisfying in the same way a toddler holding their breath is, but more societally harmful and self-destructive.
Whatever you say. You sound like a Hillary supporter with that "smart voters would never do that" energy. I'm out. You can have the last word. Or lots of words
Appreciate it.
Love your attitude:
"Smart voters? Get me out of here!"