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Ali Velshi reports on protests across the United States in which students who are not yet old enough to vote are demanding action on gun safety to prevent more gun massacres at schools. Aired on 05/26/2022.
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)They are going to change the world. Right on!
Rhiannon12866
(206,247 posts)Unfortunately, most of them can't vote yet. *sigh*
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)Yes, some can't vote but those seniors will. If their lives are at stake, they have no excuse not to vote.
I think they see the writing on the wall. They want action and walk outs that are picked up by the media to drum it home to the adults in charge, I feel hope.
Rhiannon12866
(206,247 posts)But then we have to consider "voter suppression," prohibition of students voting where they attend college since they're actually residents of their home towns. My mother was on-the-ball about these things, always sent me an absentee ballot. And when I worked on my former congressman's campaigns, I was able to help parents who called with that - but it requires planning.
Like Senator Murphy was saying on with Seth Meyers last night, he thinks it's going to happen - but it will take time, in his experience it's about 10 years.
Frasier Balzov
(2,669 posts)Close them down with the same moral conviction which closed down segregated lunch counters.
Magoo48
(4,721 posts)Not discussions, committees, or heartfelt platitudes, but change in the bank. Massive direct action and peaceful civil disobedience will work if sustained.