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[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 29 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The Young Turk movement started with medical students.

There were quite a few pro-segregation protests when schools were desegregated.

There's also a lot of cases where students with real grievances and positive intentions are coopted; most of the students protesting in the early 90s in eastern europe didn't intend to do a color revolution and have their countries stripped for parts.

[-] CitricBase@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Thank you for bringing those up. However, unless I'm misunderstanding them, the only one of those where the protesters were in the wrong were the pro-segregation protests, correct? But weren't those protests by-and-large made up of parents? (Perhaps along with some of their children doing what they were told?) Not exactly the "rebellious youth sticking it to the man" we generally mean by the words student protest.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago

weren’t those protests by-and-large made up of parents?

Yes and no, a number of universities had pro-segregation actions by students including protests

History is always more complicated and nuanced than any narrative would lead you to believe.

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