Demanding That We Do Something

AS A TRUE BLUE LEFT WING believer online, I get all kindsa emails from leftie organizations urging me to do this, do that, sign this, sign that, petitions, political campaigns, please donate, etc. I never send money, to anyone, over the internet, no matter how good the cause. I sign petitions until I'm blue in the face. I can only hope they help. Today I got one which said that all over freedom's land, high school students were engaging in, and planning to engage in ever more, various forms of protest activities, walk outs of classes and such, in protest of the incredible amount of gun violence that has afflicted our nation's public schools for the last twenty years or so, or rather, for what seems like forever, demanding an end to it, demanding that our political leaders, great and wise that they are, actually get off their arses and, like, do something about it. The email further indicated that all across freedom's land school boards, school administrations, the various powers that be at the local public school, are planning to threaten students who engage in such activities in protest of gun violence with suspension from school, or other punishments, as deemed fitting and appropriate by the exalted powers that be. The organizers of the online petition wanted me to sign it to prevent students who protest from being punished. Exactly how an online petition could possible prevent any local school district from suspending students for walking out of class I did not discover, but, its a good cause, the protesting and this petition, so I signed it. A high school senior told me that on March 17, high school students all across freedom's land are going to have a national walk out, protesting gun violence, demanding action. Shouldn't the rest of us join and support them? All they want is sensible gun control, assault weapons ban, background checks, and so forth. Should we not all join hands with our brave and brilliant high schoolers, all ten or twenty million of them or however many their are, and put a stop to the madness? When I was in high school, nearly fifty years ago, we walked out in protest of the Viet Nam War. to this day I am proud of that protest. We need protest more than ever now. Long live the high school students anti-gun protest!