Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Response to "Not Every Kid Bond Matures" (Journal Entry 16)

I will once again be responding as I read the article:

First paragraph in and this guy already sounds pretentious.

What does the author mean when he says, "politics did did not line up with the generations"? I know he goes on to explain himself, but I just do not see his reasoning behind using that phrase. I don't get it.

He lists famous marches and protests and uprisings, saying they are/did take place because of "the young". I mean... yeah. But also each generation has different feelings on etiquette and protesting. Of course "the young" are the ones going out and protesting! The older generation of... well, each generation is majorally against what is being protested against. That's kind of the point of protesting. Older people are in charge, and the young want to change it in order for thier future to be how they want. And so on and so on.

Who is this guy to say "the destruction of childhood"? Uhm? He can back up? Does he not think that once girls were widely accepted into learning institutions, thier elders got upset because they would forget how to milk the grass and mow the cows? Never mind.

I'm glad he describes the photo taken in Charlottesville. I always love hearing the stories behind the photos taken at protests. Like the one from Ferguson of the man who picked up a firing can of tear gas to throw it back? I never knew what the photo was until someone informed me. I'd like to see the photo mentioned in this article.
Here is the one I am referencing:


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