If John Lennon were alive today, would he be on the side of the student protests?

Was Lennon radicalized? Did the boomer generation protest the Vietnam war because they were radicalized or to avoid the draft? Why aren't the boomers out in force backing the students condemnation of US support of genocide in Gaza?

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Sidewinder · 36-40, M

I'm not exactly sure what side he'd be on if he were still alive today.

I do know that if he were alive today, he'd be 83. (84 this October)

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Sidewinder You are too young. Lennon was of a different generation.

Sidewinder · 36-40, M

@sree251 I may be young, but that doesn't mean I'm uninformed.

I happen to have in my posession, a book about him.

Here are a few pages of that book.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Sidewinder

may be young, but that doesn't mean I'm uninformed.

I did not imply that you are uninformed. What I meant was that you are of a generation after Lennon and would not have the same point of view with regard to social values. For example, women sleep around in your generation, something they would not do easily without a thought about chastity and virginity in your great grandma's generation.

This is why I raised the question about why boomers seem to be absent in today's students' protest against US involvement in foreign war against helpless civilians.