Well now… I’ve seen it all.
I can’t be sure whether Paul believes what he says about today, or whether he’s just looking to justify his own life’s arc, looking back — toward 1969 at Dartmouth.
But he would tell us today’s protests on campuses don’t matter — or at least are not of the gravitas that prevailed against the War in Vietnam, by 1969-’70.
For Paul, it all comes down to… he and John and Scott might have been… drafted.
These students mostly don’t have the right to protest, today — as at least in his mind — they cannot be forced to go fight.
One small point Paul may have here: it was true, that the rising sentiment against the War in Vietnam… by 1969 — enjoyed very broad public support (excepting only in very small towns in the West and the deep South). And so, in this present case, I sense that supporting the right of Palestine to even exist… is still a minority view in the US. [In that regard, Bibi is doing a masterful job of painting all who disagree with his aim as “antisemitic”.]
But even on that point, I think most Americans support the idea that Palestinians have a right to some land — near or on… the Mediterranean. Where, and how much, is the rub — just as where, and how much… is the rub about… yep, Israel.
But I see nothing in Amendment One that says only popular views will be allowed to set up tents on campus lawns. Geez.
So it goes. Onward — and my important footnote, now mentioned repeatedly: Paul seems blissfully unaware of the immense privileges that were conferred on him, related to Vietnam protests — ones not enjoyed by peaceful civil rights protesters just five years earlier. [Same, as to John and Scott.]
He finished with honors, and went to Stanford Law. Many of the other young college kids, mostly of color in the South were beaten bloody, or worse… and blacklisted from any and all meaningful jobs (outside of civil rights activism groups, which thankfully eventually won the day — and led to Mayor Andrew Young, in Atlanta — and Rep. John Lewis in Congress, as two examples)… all for saying the they had the same rights as their whyte counterparts.
Peacefully.
Damn, Paul.
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