And it is _really_ of central importance in discussing the '60s that it be recognized that the so-called zeitgeist was a product of (a) a VERY small minority of students plus
^^^^^ CB: Counter fact: University of Michigan Black Action Movement student strike shutdown the whole university. That was only possible because of support from much more than a small minority of students. And it also required that the masses of White students support the strike , since the strike was to protest very low Black enrollment.
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(b) journalists lying through their teeth. (If you want to talk about the Black Liberation Movement, that's a horse of a different color.) The rest of the student and general population was either pro-war or against it on the basis that we should "fight to win." A very small number opposed it on the basis of "critical thinking" or whatever. See Eric's post.
^^^^^^ CB: I'm skeptical that the "rest of the student' population was either pro-war or against based on "fight to win" . They were not closing down ROTC programs based on pressure from a small minority of students.