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   From: JustWondering@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/14/2018 10:02 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > It’s Walkout Day!   
   >   
   > Today, all across the country, students will march out of their classrooms in   
   > order to . . . something. Presumably, they’re protesting violence with   
   guns,   
   > which is somewhat like protesting violence with hands: both of those things   
   > are quite horrible, but unless you have some sort of solutions, you’re   
   merely   
   > posturing.   
   >   
   > Which is, of course, the point.   
   >   
   > This walkout is all about posturing. It’s not about change any more than   
   the   
   > Women’s March was about change. Attendees at the Women’s March had a   
   bevy of   
   > clashing agendas, none of which materialized into a program for change; the   
   > only point of the Women’s March was to label those who didn’t support the   
   > march enemies of women. Now it’s the Children’s March, designed toward   
   the   
   > same end.   
   >   
   > Advocates for this new march say that there is an agenda: gun control. But   
   > that’s not the real heart of the march. Students feel compelled to walk   
   out by   
   > peer pressure, lest they be labeled uncaring about their fellow students.   
   I’ve   
   > received dozens of letters from students expressing exactly this concern, and   
   > wondering why only one side of the political agenda is being handed   
   > credibility by the media.   
      
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