The Students Have Never Been the Enemy
 
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about.
 
A thread, based on my new piece:
 
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-students-have-never-been-the
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy

Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about

Democracy Americana
@tzimmer_history the difference is that at lest 50% or the protesters are not students, terrorists
@ta1on @tzimmer_history Every time someone says most of the people arrested at one of these protests were ā€œoutside agitatorsā€ it turns out 24 hours later that everyone or almost everyone arrested were students and faculty.