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vkkv

(3,384 posts)
Tue Nov 15, 2016, 07:33 PM Nov 2016

Protests and student walkouts mark the week after Trump's win

Source: CNN

On Monday, thousands of high schoolers in multiple cities walked out of class in protest. Many were too young to cast a ballot. Similar demonstrations are expected to continue Tuesday on college campuses.

Many protesters said they harbor no illusions about reversing the outcome of the election. They do hope that Trump and his supporters will ease their hardline rhetoric on several flashpoint issues -- including immigration and possible mass deportations, Muslim bans and LGBTQ rights.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/us/protests-elections-trump/index.html



These kids are our future..
The future better get here soon!

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Protests and student walkouts mark the week after Trump's win (Original Post) vkkv Nov 2016 OP
Good for them! NastyRiffraff Nov 2016 #1

NastyRiffraff

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1. Good for them!
Tue Nov 15, 2016, 07:53 PM
Nov 2016

We've had two in my area so far. The school admins in both cases didn't encourage the walkouts, but didn't discourage them either.

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