Reply #57: The opposition to the Vietnam war was HUGE! it went on for years [View All]

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the kids today--the majority of the ones i know of--don't give a crap, don't pay attention to the politics

i've been trying to keep my daughter aware of things--i remember her talking to her friends on the phone when she was in junior high, trying to explain to them why they should not be supporting bush...she was wonderful, smart, very reasonable....i was always so amused when i would walk past her room and hear her talking politics, or when i'd go in her room to talk to her and i'd hear her on the phone

now they're out of high school

overall, the kids i know are oblivious to the real world--they're self absorbed, involved in themselves and their friends, college, jobs, going out to lunch, shopping

peace protests these days? with students? good luck getting major turn outs. it's gonna take a fucking draft to open their eyes--if someone else is getting killed, if we're destroying other countries, well--it doesn't affect them directly so they don't care

my kid is involved, to a degree, but maybe because i push her, encourage her, and talk to her about what's going on and give her the low down. but i do think she does care, that she is concerned, and that she tries to make the effort to effect change. (she's even an election judge!)