Oxford Union Redux?

there is a lot of hatred of the US being touted (yes, they say it is anti Trumpie boy, but they are openly ridiculing the flag, the military, and distorting the freedoms of the country to do so.

What is rarely noticed is that  he trend predates Trump...

(indeed is part of the reason people voted for him: Because he was so non PC to ridicule them).

however this is not a new idea: students in 1933 did the same thing:

In 1933 the Oxford Union, the university undergraduate debating society, passed a famous motion that "This House would not in any circumstances fight for King and Country".

It made headline news at the time: Churchill called the vote "abject, squalid, shameless" and "nauseating", and it is even said to have misled Hitler into thinking the British had lost the will to fight, so it is clearly important historical evidence, but of what?

the article goes on to note that although they represented only the elite, and after all were students (and prone toward exaggerated responsed), nevertheless, they were seen by the MSM of the time as trendsetters.

They were regarded - rightly - as the rising stars of politics and both the press and politicians took an interest in what the students were saying, especially in their debating societies. 

ironically, they changed their mind when instead of debating theory, they faced reality:

Remember also that the vote took place in 1933, before the full implications of Hitler's rise to power had become apparent. When war finally came in 1939 many of those who had taken part in the debate did indeed fight - and die - for King and Country.

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Richard Hillary's biography about a spoiled undergraduate who then goes on to be a pilot gives a background of this generation, and their change. You can buy it here on Amazon, or read it via Project Gutenburg Australia.