Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests backfired

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Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests backfired

Robin Abcarian When did it become fashionable to diminish the accomplishments of Vietnam War-era protesters by accusing them of inflated self-regard and delusions about what their activism accomplished? In my view, the situation in the Mideast is more nuanced and complex than the United States’ involvement in Vietnam ever was. Israel’s horrific response notwithstanding, I fear that many pro-Palestinian student activists are naively unwilling to …