I hate to say it, but back in days of the Vietnam War protests, with the exception of a few nut cases like John F. Kerry and Jane Fonda most of the protesters were young, irresponsible college-age kids, many of them high on drugs and many of them anxious to dodge the draft.
In contrast, today you have many, many older people in positions of power and influence, not to say privilege, who are behaving in much the same way. Pinch Sulzberger evidently hasn't grown up one wit from the days when he was a hippie war protester. Bill Keller is behaving no better than one of those druggies in Haight Ashbury. Evan Thomas is no more responsible than a crazed Weatherman or SDS leader.
It truly is disgusting. There's no excuse for it.
"...most of the protesters were young, irresponsible college-age kids, many of them high on drugs and many of them anxious to dodge the draft...today you have many, many older people in positions of power and influence, not to say privilege, who are behaving in much the same way."
Same group.