Boy they won't take to the streets against Wall St. or even vote, BUT

[bluestateguy]

mess with their beloved football program and they go all apeshit. They take to the streets for social justice! This is why the college kids don't vote as much as people over 30. They're more concerned about who is bringing the keg to the party on Friday night.


And no, if this message doesn't apply to the way you are, then you're excused. This message is not for you.

[roguevalley]

1. this debacle at Penn state has been going on since 1996 and

there are eight year old boys involved. I could just die listening to this.

[bottomofthehill]

2. it is both sick and sad.

they will go from Penn State and their support of JOPA to Boston and hold a rally to bring back Cardinal LAW who let the pervert priests ruin the catholic church

[antigone382]

3. There are tons of college kids on Wall Street, and tons who went to vote.

As a returning student, I went to Wall Street with fifty other college kids a couple of weeks ago to make our voices heard. I spent last Saturday replanting native trees on a mountaintop removal site. We have worked and protested for a fairness ordinance in our town to end discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Today, I sat in a class full of young people--most of whom were southern, most of whom were Christian--who spent yesterday combating the hatred of a pair of Fred Phelps wannabes that came to our campus to condemn us all to hell--especially the gay ones. Their thoughtfulness and concern for each other AMAZED me. And most of the ones that couldn't stay, left to go vote.

Through all of my travels I have been surrounded by young people who have been an immense source of inspiration because of their commitment to building a better world, and their wisdom in figuring out how to get that done. Of course there are short-sighted idiots who happen to be young. Joe Paterno is 84--should I condemn all older people because of him? Broad-based generalizations against an entire demographic group based on nothing but their age is discriminatory and counterproductive and has no place on a progressive board.

Edit: and yes, a claim that college kids don't vote because they only care about keggers applies not only to me, but to a good majority of the people I know, care about, and work with, and I WILL respond to it.

[lovemydog]

5. thank you

I'm inspired by people of all ages. You're one of them.

[struggle4progress]

4. Riot Police & Students Crowd Streets After JoePa Fired

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Penn State students stand outside Old Main on campus protesting the handling of a child abuse scandal involving a retired Penn State football coach in State College, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The Penn State board of trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno Wednesday night amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Riot-Police-Students-Crowd-Into-Streets-After-JoePa-Fired-133586518.html

Note the students' signs:

Kids B4 (football)
We are Penn State - We are ashamed
Paterno is not the victim