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A university president makes a case against cowardice

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453 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 12:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | 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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kashunstva ◴[04 Apr 25 19:25 UTC] No.43586678[source]▶
> who still have a lot of learning and growing up to do

I’m 60, and I have a fair bit of learning to do yet. And as the father of a student in roughly the 18-22 I would be proud to see her standing up for views that she feels strongly about whether her knowledge is fully complete or not.

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1. trhway ◴[04 Apr 25 23:28 UTC] No.43588818[source]▶
Yes, i guess you'd be a proud father of a Cultural Revolution participant ... right until they send you to reeducation.