Group protests really became the vogue during the Viet Nam conflict. Some former hippies might think these gatherings were the reason the U.S. left that country, but that isn’t the fact. The reason we left was because the war was prosecuted in an unwinnable way. Add to that the growing unpopularity of the “police action” at the ballot box. The protests were (as they always are) a form of communal  masturbation.

While I could cite countless other protests which did nothing, let me jump to the more recent Black Lives Matters protests. In the process of supposedly displaying anger at the number of officer involved shootings of African American males, the result has been a heightened defensive posture among the police…and for good reason. It is true officers in many jurisdictions are wearing body cameras now . That has had a positive effect as fewer logical people want to be recorded behaving poorly. Sadly, not all people are logical. Many are driven by the frenzy of a protest to be unconcerned about consequences. So, these protests are not only pointless, they are mostly counterproductive.

I’m really tired of all this protesting and was considering launching a social media call to like minded folks to protest all this protesting. I dropped the idea when I realized it, too, wouldn’t do a damned bit of good.

According to The Washington Post, University of Kansas professor Kevin Willmott recently wore a “bulletproof vest” into his classroom to protest a 2013 state law allowing concealed weapons permit holders to carry their weapons on college and university campuses.

He said there was an “audible hush” as he entered the room. “One of the things I told them was, ‘You try to ignore that I’m wearing a bulletproof vest, and I’ll try to ignore that you could be packing a .44 Magnum'”.

I wonder how long Kevin thinks the list of private citizens with concealed carry permits being convicted of gun violence actually is.

Willmott must believe that if the law in question did not exist, no students could carry on campus. He must think students intent upon doing harm simply could not break the law and carry their gun onto the campus anyway. Right? Well,  It seems kindly professor Willmott is an idiot.

Willmott is a professor of film and media studies (there’s a surprise) and I assume he has some type of degree indicating he is competent to teach these fantastical things. Logic, on the other hand, appears to be alien to his realm of expertise.

If, someday, a disgruntled, “non-permit carrying” student does the impossible and pulls a handgun out of his waistband in class, I wonder if  this arrogant and cowardly douche nozzle would wish there was a permit holding, armed student there to mitigate the threat.

Note to Professor Willmott: Trade your bulletproof vest for a pair of Depends.