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brush

(53,776 posts) Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:14 AM Jun 2020

Hats off to millennials for hitting the streets in protest of killer cops and trump.

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Hats off to millennials for hitting the streets in protest of killer cops and trump. (Original Post) brush Jun 2020 OP

Just keep it up and vote in November. Doreen Jun 2020 #1

The eldest millennials are nearing their 40's now. herding cats Jun 2020 #3

The younger ones are still in their early 20s. That's who's out in the streets mostly. brush Jun 2020 #4

That's what I was thinking! Cha Jun 2020 #9

A lot of them are under 25... so, they're generation Z. herding cats Jun 2020 #2

Yes, them too. brush Jun 2020 #5

That's right CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #7

Amen. I'm tired of hearing people badmouth them. kysrsoze Jun 2020 #6

Same here. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #10

Yes! & Oldsters like Robert De Niro tweeting like Cha Jun 2020 #8

There seem to be many young whites who understand that their place in this... Mister Ed Jun 2020 #11

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

1. Just keep it up and vote in November.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:25 AM

Jun 2020

herding cats

(19,564 posts)

3. The eldest millennials are nearing their 40's now.

Reply to Doreen (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:29 AM

Jun 2020

They're not a bunch of irresponsible kids shrugging off responsibilities anymore.

brush

(53,776 posts)

4. The younger ones are still in their early 20s. That's who's out in the streets mostly.

Reply to herding cats (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:32 AM

Jun 2020

Cha

(297,196 posts)

9. That's what I was thinking!

Reply to Doreen (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:40 AM

Jun 2020

herding cats

(19,564 posts)

2. A lot of them are under 25... so, they're generation Z.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:27 AM

Jun 2020

Hats off to GenZ, too!

brush

(53,776 posts)

5. Yes, them too.

Reply to herding cats (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:33 AM

Jun 2020

CountAllVotes

(20,868 posts)

7. That's right

Reply to herding cats (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:38 AM

Jun 2020

And I should like to add, they are a fine set of young people.

Proud to have them as fellow Americans!

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)

6. Amen. I'm tired of hearing people badmouth them.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:34 AM

Jun 2020

On the whole, they seem to have their heads on straight.

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts)

10. Same here.

Reply to kysrsoze (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:50 AM

Jun 2020

Proud of my daughter and her friends.

Cha

(297,196 posts)

8. Yes! & Oldsters like Robert De Niro tweeting like

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 01:39 AM

Jun 2020

this..

Link to tweet

Mister Ed

(5,930 posts)

11. There seem to be many young whites who understand that their place in this...

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 07:24 AM

Jun 2020

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...is to be standing behind the black folks, supporting them in what they say, rather than standing in front of them and presuming to speak for them. Except when the paddy wagon pulls up. Then it's time to stand in front of them, and try to be taken in their place.

That's the philosophy followed by my young daughter's friends who are active in the protests, and it makes me proud.

We do of course see some others who try to hijack the protests for their own ends, whether it be for kicks 'n' giggles, the acquisition of some loot, or some really dark and sinister objective of chaos and mayhem. I hope the protesters are able to reject and eject those.

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