Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
Difference being: we have "protestors" that take over Federal buildings, and at least if they are lefties, nothing is done. Like it or not, it's SOS for us. Only conservatives get arrested here for protesting.

Far more dangerous to do so in Russia historically and for now ). If Russians are doing so in numbers for the World to see, it's a bigger problem that Putin thinks. One has a lot more to consider protesting there than they do in the West. That is why I consider it more significant.
Huge difference between the violence of blm/antifa looting/quasi social justice rhetoric and the Civil Rights/Vietnam protests. Yes, there were violent cells like SDS, they were not the norm.

It could certainly be argued for good reasons that the college students today are truly ignorant of history,so the jury is out.