Campus Protests: Culture War Or Civil War?

The Philosophy of Campus Protests: Can Students Change History?

College students at places like Columbia, UCLA, and other universities across the United States have made national news for their recent protest actions. But can events like this actually change history? Are these students carrying on the legacy of civil rights, anti-war, and anti-apartheid protestors? Or is the media right in portraying them as over zealous and without clear goals? We'll try to figure it out in this video on the recent campus protests.

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Written and Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Henry Arrambide
Produced by Olivia Redden

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[leonmckoy]

This is exactly why the term “college kids” has always felt weird and most definitely infantilizing

[alexwixom]

When you think of History Repeating itself, you think of people being ignorant of the past. Rather, we should be more concerned that the badguys can learn just as much to ensure History Repeats itself, giving them a second chance.

[sentientbakedziti]

"Be realistic. Demand the impossible." Goes so fucking hard

[LonkinPork]

Maybe it's the fact that I live in a very conservative part of Canada, but I'm seeing a lot of people that are proud of not going to college, verbally bashing the student protestors.
I don't think that's coincidence.

[MrsShirotora]

The most "unrealistic" situation I ever found myself in was the aftermath of a natural disaster in a small US Southern city. The whole county had no power for a week or more and there was no chaos. People immediately took it upon themselves to start clearing roads, cleaning up debris, checking on neighbors. Like, our whole ZIP Code had a community meeting with a potluck lunch that we all somehow assembled having no electricity. It was so the local politicians could put in an appearance and you could find a representative of your insurance company to talk to - but clearly there was no logistical reason that meetings for community meals and democratic self-organization are impossible. The difference between a normal day and a disaster response is the illusion of control.

[jonahsahn]

The whole part at the end about infantilizing college kids, just as Hillary Clinton goes on TV and infantilizes college kids.

[rodylermglez]

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

[data-dylan]

A true liberal applauds all the past protests and condemns all the current ones.

[SageWon-aussie]

It's like young people have the energy and idealism to engage in activism.

[dimasrahardja]

When human rights can be packaged as politics without question, whether people deserve to live with rights and dignity becomes just a matter of opinion.

[klutterkicker]

As an ageing guy, let me just say that college students really do have so much energy.

[intellectually_lazy]

everything is political, just as everything is philosophical. if you think not, you're defaulting to the politics of the status quo

[ErutaniaRose]

I think one of the major benefits of college that people almost never get again, is having a walkable city. They def have accessibility issues, some better than others, but the point is that you don't have to have a CAR just to survive! That combined with more time for exploring various topics and your own mind with a diverse group of people is a recipe for understanding, activism, and positive change.

I'm not gonna say colleges are perfect little communities, gods no, but they are built in a far more human-centric way where it is generally easier to bond with fellow human beings and really think about what you want and believe in.

[mikrn]

The French knew what they were doing, way back when.

[tomzimny]

My controversial opinion: people shouldn't assault other people

[squeakypickles]

I was just thinking "Wisecrack hasn't uploaded in a bit" on my walk this morning lmao perfect timing!

[AlexsGoogleAccount]

It's 2024!
Haven't we already learned this lesson before?
God damn, violently cracking down on non-violent student protests has ALWAYS been the wrong move and a violation of rights.

[ashtonturner]

Human beings are doomed to repeat the same mistake over and over again.

[thomasoconnell]

Not sure if Michael’s gonna read this, but here goes

Hi Michael, funny you mentioned WashU. I’m from St. Louis and what I’ve heard the last week about the protests there are crazy. I’m not a student there, but it’s a shitshow. Students and others who joined the protest made a camp and campus police arrested over a 100 people including Jill stein. WashU then put up fencing. Doesn’t help that the campus is a private university. They also moved the protests to SLU and then outside of forest park. If you read this, dive into WashU and the protest last week. It’s nuts what happened.

[FacterinoCommenterino]

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