A portion of what I attempted to write in the OP didn't get posted due to me being technologically inept. In anycase...here's some of the footage that was uploaded to youtube by the protesters. My teens showed this stuff to my SO and I....They thought it was hilarious. We were very disturbed. We're so lucky that our teens don't subscribe to this stuff. I've been defending BLM to my whole family for a couple years now...but I think they've finally persuaded me.

Here's some footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1agIlLlhg

at the 3 minute mark....a young woman asks 'Is there any black folks that need water in here?' It's become a running joke in my house this weekend. 'Do any of the black people want orange juice with their pancakes?' Apparently there were signs at the meeting stating that the drinks and food and chairs were for black people and that white people were encouraged to stand in the back. Smh. Also, the basic lack of respect for elders (a value that I think usually runs much stronger amongst black youth in general) is appalling. These kids literally need a spanking.

At the 4:50 mark a young woman says (to the white president of the school) 'You're speaking to your ancestor. We've been here before you. We built these cities. We had civilization way before you had...coming out your caves'.

Here's Bret Weinstein speaking with angry protesters outside his classroom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTnDpoQLNaY

One thing that should be pointed out....several students (non-protesters) have said that the 'Day of Absence' has been misreported. The activist groups at Evergreen had been objecting to his lectures prior to his email about 'Day of Absence'. He's a biologist and there's an idealogical war happening between the biology departments and the protest groups. Put simply....the post-modernists claim that the foundation of western biology is racist, sexist and homophobic.

In reality, barely anyone stayed home and the ones who did were almost exclusively in the humanities departments. Makes Weinstein look questionable imo. He never shares that in his news interviews which makes him look like a fear-mongerer. I agree with Weinstein's email....but it's kinda unethical to go on Foxnews and portray the day of absence without acknowledging that it's not a school-wide major event. I support his email and I agree with his idealogical opposition to the event...but he shouldn't omit the information that this was a smaller-scaled event that most people just ignored without repercussion.

Here's an hour of footage of the emergency meeting called after protesters shut down Weinstein's class and security was called:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3CRVLVGa5E

I watched the whole hour and was in shock. I think I might have been traumatized lol. And if I was ever cornered by a group like this and they started doing that snapping thing while one of them lectured me....Man, that snapping thing is the most effective shit they do. My face would turn beet red. I doubt I could even formulate a cohesive argument while they're snapping.

I see this stuff as a father. Our oldest teens went to trade schools and still ran into some of this stuff. They're already finished...but they're very resistant to this stuff anyways. Our other daughter is a bit more agreeable with protest groups and she's gonna start university in 2 years, most likely take a social science. She looks up to the older one though...so I'm trusting that she'll help guide her away from that stuff. Watching her in a group like this snapping is the stuff of nightmares.

Here's the protesters seizing the President of the school's office:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPZ8SXQBqvg

Perhaps the worst of them all. Demanding that their assignment due-dates be postponed because they are there, holding the president of the school hostage, 'on their own time' lol. Eating pizza and tweeting and making fun of an elder. Disgusting. I'd rather catch my kids smoking crack than see them participate in a video like that.

Here's footage after the students seized control of a college building and barricaded the doors with furniture. They gathered faculty members into a boardroom under guard and told them they were not allowed to leave the room:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msfsp5Ofz4g

At the 5 minute mark...my soul dies a little bit. The president of the school asks the protest organizer if he can pee. He's told to hold it.

Oh man oh man oh man I wish I was there. I've only REALLY layed into our teens on 2 or 3 occasions. The biggest one wasn't even one of ours. It was this kid living with us for a few months. I planned that episode for a couple days with his mom. Brought him to his mother's house and just broke. him. down. I love this kid but it was necessary. And y'know...i really look at that experience as deeply spiritual and I'm not a spiritual person in any regard. It was like a ritual....like expelling the boy so the man can emerge....but having to kinda bring the boy out so he could be transformed. I would never tell the other teens what happened because it's deeply personal. It went on for hours and it was like the lecture made him regress to a baby. I could literally see the 2 year old boy in his face and the dude is 6'7. He smashed his laptop into pieces and just had the biggest cry. Like one being held back for years. But it's the putting back together after you break someone down.

That happened last summer and he's now an assistant manager at a nice restaurant. That day changed his life. He goes to the gym, plays basketball, works and most importantly, helps his mom who has health problems. This dude had found new ways to manipulate his surroundings to accommodate his laziness. Boys need men and they need to be held to standard. I'm admittedly ranting...but that's what I think of when I see this stuff. At the end of the day....these are kids and it's not their fault that their teachers are poisoning their minds with this garbage. I'd love the opportunity to sit down with kids like this one on one and plant seeds of doubt in their worldviews. I think the key to it is gratitude. You HAVE to be grateful for something. That gives you motivation. Without gratitude, we become narcissistic and are incapable of setting goals and completing accomplishments.

I also think we're on the cusp of change in these trends. I predict in 5 years from now....these idealogies and more specifically, protest culture, will be extremely out of fashion. So much so...I think we can expect a very unpleasant backlash that outright dismisses even the fruitful aspects of post-modernism. Pragmatism for example.