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I have changed my mind. I used to think that student protests, students walking out of class for some political issue, was foolish. No more. Let me explain.
When I was in high school the Vietnam War was still going on. One day a bunch of students walked out of class to protest the war. I asked a couple of my fellow classmates who were going and they said that they were joining the protest to get out of class. It was obvious that one or two students were actually serious about all this, and the rest were along for the ride. It happened after the lunch period. I am sure they did not want to miss lunch or anything important like that. I stayed in class, though we did not really cover anything you couldn't miss. The school was very tolerant of the whole thing, but I thought that there should be consequences. This is not a good reason to miss class.
Until recently, I have thought that any student protest was just a way to get out of class even if some did want to spout their immature opinions — there is a good reason that high school students cannot vote. It is the same reason that they have to be taken care by parents or others. They are young and foolish. So any protest by them should be ignored. (I know, I know ... the old and foolish can vote and protest.)
That was my view until recently. I have read some scattered news reports about students walking out because their school board made a rule to allow so-called transgenders to use the bathroom of their choice. In essence, boys can use the girls' bathrooms. This is sick and a travesty. Those students are absolutely right to protest. This affects them. They have a stake in it. And some girls are protesting allowing boys claiming to be girls to compete against them. All the girls should refuse to compete with them. They should stand around and do nothing. Ruin the game if necessary, but do what needs to be done to make this stop.
So I have altered my view. I still don't think that students should protest about things that do not affect them. But I do strongly support their protests when it comes to unfair competition in sports and the invasion of their bathrooms by boys and men.
Students: Get out there and protest for your rights!
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Well put.
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The problem isn’t protest or laws. The problem ultimately resides in what the law or protest is about. The issue isn’t religion per New Atheist Dawkins, but what the religion espouses. There is a category, but the category isn’t bad. It’s a subset of things in the category that are.
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Thank you! It's like a breath of fresh air to hear that from someone in the righty-conservative crowd.
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Just because they're walking out over an issue you (and I) agree with, doesn't make their walking out of class right.
Let me explain (doesn't that phrase sound desperate?).
Regardless of the issue, their actions should have consequences.
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If They really want to make a point, have a dude stay in every girl's bathroom all day.
That would get attention.
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