Ribuffo says American university students today are far different from students of the 1960s and early '70s. A generation ago they were, for the most part, politically motivated and driven. Today's students, he says, are more materialistic and less concerned with geopolitical issues.
The pathetic “our hippies were better than your hippies” argument, from self-righteous baby-boomer idiots.
We're doing better with less hippies, thank you very much.
Damn, I can smell the BO and pachouli from here.
Wonder how many of them are now wearing plaid sports jackets, with bad comb-overs and selling vinyl siding?
"The pathetic “our hippies were better than your hippies” argument..."
Missing from much of the 60's anti-war discussion is the fact that a great many who demonstrated were out to PARTY. They were there to flaunt their "sexual liberation" and drug use. Today's 6th grader can get his ADD drugs and many others, plus his own condom stash, with adult approval. Why protest?
Is that the Hildebeast in the front row?
Well said. Good analysis.