Protests always face that kind of resistance. What matters is whether or not the populous is generally sympathetic or not. My guess is that most people understand that the cost of college is far too high, and that student debt is a huge problem. The millennials understand this, and their parents understand this. Companies that want to sell you stuff understand this.
Agreed. But its still a matter of spin. I know exactly how I would completely discredit such a movement nationally. Pick the most burnt-out, hippie looking kids I could, prop them up as an official student representative, preferably in their drug-rug across from or next to a guy in a suit, and ask them simple, baiting questions, get them to use words like socialism, instant target for national scorn and derision. One set of kids gets fed up with 'free speech zones' and spray paints an admin building, BOOM, insta-terrorist, might as well wheel the predator drones out of storage.Protests always face that kind of resistance. What matters is whether or not the populous is generally sympathetic or not.
Hell, I'll even go one step further and provide the delicious counter-narrative Find a few rich kids who took loans because they messed up somewhere on their scholarship process, put them in suits, and have them talk about how they had loans, but through their hard work they found an honest American desk job, found a girl to marry and are expecting their first child while paying off the last of their loans. Cue 'Star Spangled Banner' and rolling_american_flag.gif
Hell, I'll even go one step further and provide the delicious counter-narrative Find a few rich kids who took loans because they messed up somewhere on their scholarship process, put them in suits, and have them talk about how they had loans, but through their hard work they found an honest American desk job, found a girl to marry and are expecting their first child while paying off the last of their loans. Cue 'Star Spangled Banner' and rolling_american_flag.gif