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I tend to agree with main points here. Based upon having a former academic insider's perspective about timing of current protests at higher education hot spots, I offer the following: as this particular brand of protests come at a most fleeting time in a university semester as spring term is on the verge of closing out, loose ends get tied up on a dime. Then comes a short lull before Summer I term commences. A huge vibe shift always happens about now. I'm hoping all chaos blows over. As it's just adding to a strange mix of real-time, dizzy, unbalanced politics. The most bothersome part of university protests right now is militia-style clashes on campuses--always confusing. Fog of war comes to mind. Our nation' collective memory cannot help but be triggering late sixties and seventies campus scenes. The then and the now. Different, different. Still law enforcement presence and stance against student bodies--the look of confrontations--such a magnet for as Mills suggests, some bad actors. Ominous mix. We are in a confusing transitioning time. I'm hoping campuses chill down as usual as summer terms get underway.

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