Carman: Student protests thrive on solidarity, vegan pizza … and the attention of the world

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Carman: Student protests thrive on solidarity, vegan pizza … and the attention of the world

Boomers are smug when it comes to street protests. They’ve been memorably tear-gassed and arrested, they’ll remind you. They’ve been prosecuted for burning their bras and wearing flags on their butts, clubbed by police, even shot. The protests of our youth were noisy and often destructive. Some were exciting. A lot of them were embarrassingly silly or just plain boring.  The results were divisive, forcing communities to harden their positions on…