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> protesting against Black people having to use the 'back entrance of the theatre' in the 1950's is altogether different than many of the tactics used today rel
by klodolph 5y ago
> protesting against Black people having to use the 'back entrance of the theatre' in the 1950's is altogether different than many of the tactics used today related to not allowing discussion about issues with which some might disagree.
That’s some kind of ahistorical, mythologized idea of what the UC Berkeley protests were like. They may have started out with good intentions, but they turned into parties, and the parties turned into riots. It was civil rights protests, LSD, mace, riots, free love, and firebombings.
You can’t just pick out the civil rights part of it, the part you like, and pretend the other parts didn’t exist.
- ashtonkem 5y agoAlso, some of it turned into legitimate terrorism campaigns, such as the weather underground. Taking a step back and looking at the typical behavior of college age radicals, this current cohort is pretty mild. Any attempt to mark them as uniquely strident and aggressive is pretty ahistorical. Call me when they start building and mounting barricades.