A reader gives it a try:
“During that unpopular war, disaffected Americans took to the streets and
sometimes broke laws in an angry assault on American governmental
institutions.”
What he meant to write:
“A bunch of spoiled children, destined never to grow up, threw a huge tantrum
over the fact that they didn’t have everything they want in life, then spent
the rest of their pathetic lives pretending that they were actually valuable
to society. And now they want to be wealthy in their retirement and expect
the government to force younger taxpayers to pony up the cash for the life of
luxury to which they feel entitled by right of birth.”