Does "sets up something going on" mean a person starts to feel something about something? before that, students said they are angry..
So in other words, the cognitive dissonance between the ideal and the reality, kind of sets up something going on in you and particularly when you understand most other people in this country share your ideal.
"Sets up something going on in you" is a bit of a misspeaking, I think. It is not a known expression, and it sounds like a garbled mish-mash that is nonetheless perfectly understandable. It means "produces in you a lasting emotional or rational response".
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"Sets up something going on in you" is a bit of a misspeaking, I think. It is not a known expression, and it sounds like a garbled mish-mash that is nonetheless perfectly understandable. It means "produces in you a lasting emotional or rational response". Idiomatically speaking, you can "set something going".