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A university president makes a case against cowardice

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450 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 12:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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assimpleaspossi ◴[04 Apr 25 17:55 UTC] No.43585737[source]▶
What bothers me the most about all these protests and going-ons at universities and colleges is that they are generally by 18-22 year olds who are pre-adults still in their formative years who still have a lot of learning and growing up to do.
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1. calf ◴[04 Apr 25 18:00 UTC] No.43585814[source]▶
What bothers me is the ageist assumption that "full-adults", say, boomers, are somehow more educated, less indoctrinated, or less prejudiced than young adults
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2. BoingBoomTschak ◴[04 Apr 25 22:20 UTC] No.43588325[source]▶
Pretty sure that this wasn't implied. It's more about being "life wise".