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Me, wistfully: The twenty-teens were a magical time…
Me: *realizes that we're still in the twenty-teens* wait fuck
Student: *raises hand* Um I'm pretty sure what you're referring to is ‘the Obama years’
WHEN I WAS A KID WE ADVOCATED HUMAN RIGHTS NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE THREATENED BUT BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO GET BETTER
AND IT WAS A BETTER TIME FOR IT
Student: *raises hand* Um what about the heightened deportations and years and years of military intervention in the Middle East??
Me, sobbing: I WAS SIXTEEN OKAY I THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING WELL