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“Where Have All the Student Protests Gone?”

It’s become a familiar refrain: something awful happens in the world, and a member of the commentariat asks, “Where are the student protests? Or did those only happen when Biden was president?” Deprived of student targets, they are forced to post ad infinitum about Hasan Piker. W

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“Where Have All the Student Protests Gone?”It’s become a familiar refrain: something awful happens in the world, and a member of the commentariat asks, “Where are the student protests? Or did those only happen when Biden was president?” Deprived of student targets, they are forced to post ad infinitum about Hasan Piker. W
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