Generation Z Declares: #NeverAgain!

Armed with the power of digital media these kids who very understandably no longer feel safe are determined to organize school walkouts and protest marches in Washington DC and other cities as well as meetings with politicians from both sides of the aisle who simply cannot seem to deal with the grave danger people find themselves in amp8211 particularly children and teenagersamp160 Fearing for their lives they are taking matters into their own hands in every way they know howamp160 Be sure to follow Cameron Kasky Emma Gonzalez and A March 4 Our Lives among many others on Twitter for updates and to see what they are up againstLet this sink inamp160 There is every reason to believe that Generation Zamp160will finally bring about the changes needed to make America safe againamp160 Armed with social media they are capable of instantly amassing millions of people to their cause and targeting those who egregiously compromise their right to exist without living in fearamp160 They arenamp8217t going to stop amp160because they are angry they are scared and they are very very powerfulAdmittedly their actions stir a bit of thoughtfulamp160nostalgia amp160Decades ago teenagers and college students marching and protesting went a long way toward bringing about the end of the draft and the Vietnam War and convincing people that in general war is hellamp160 They were trying to save their own lives and the lives of others amp8211 without benefit of the internet or digital technologyamp160 It was a deeply personal revolution amp160Their lives were at stakeamp160 Adults couldnamp8217t help but get swept up by their energy amp160Seeamp160amp8220Hey Hey LBJ How many kids did you kill todayamp8221 for moreamp160 Meanwhile print radio and broadcast media couldnamp8217t get enough of all the protests amp160Politicians from the President on down were shaken by their power and sustained messagingThe end result was this Back in the late 3960s and early 3970s young people changed the world without many communication advantagesImagine what Generation Z will do in the months and years to comeIt is important to remember that mass murders are nothing newamp160 What is new is the frequency with which they are occuringamp160 One of the most notorious occured in 1966 when a young man with a gun took aim at students and others on the University of Texas campus in Austin from high atop a clock tower amp160Back in the amp821680s crowded restaurants like Lubyamp8217s Cafeteria in Killeen Texas and a McDonaldamp8217s in Ysidro California near San Diego were highprofile targetsamp160 The sickening subset of school shootings began and immediately escalated in the amp821690s even before Columbineamp160 Google the killings at Westside Middle School in Craighead County Arkansas and Thurston High School in Springfield Oregon for contextThere is much more to all of this but Iamp8217m going to stop nowamp160 Iamp8217m not an expert on any of these matters Iamp8217m just another American with an opinion and much anecdotal evidence to fortify my beliefsamp160 But I am going to continue to follow the actions of outraged kids in Parkland and elsewhere and hope that they stay the course until they get the results they are after amp8211 for all our sakesClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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