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Originally Posted by Villagesperson
I have no idea if your accusations are true or not, and suspect that you do not either.
I just know that never saw activist kids being accused of such things as...
.....Being paid actors
.....Being paid pawns of a rich liberal
.....Being children of FBI agents who are "running cover for them", a continuing attack on law enforcement
.....Being uninformed and not "smart" enough to carry this fight.
All of these things have been part of a series of conspiracy theories put out there by the normal extreme right wing conspiracy groups and websites.
Pretty darn sad, in my opinion, that we would attack these kids like this without so much as one single item showing or allowing for a basis to make these charges.
We have elected officials and relatives tweeting and forwarding this stuff all over the place.
I always felt it was a good thing when young people spoke up and said what was on their mind.
For the record....I do not own a gun, and actually have no strong opinions one way or another because it is ALL politics now and has nothing to do with the safety of children or anyone else.
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I don't know about all of these things that you claim because I haven't heard or read any of them. Maybe they are just not sites where I get my news. But to reference your point about young people - yes, it is good to see them become interested in something more worldly than the usual teenage things. And certainly, after what they have been through their voices deserve to be heard.
However, when I think back to how I was at that age, and although I was considered a good kid who was above average intelligence, and a student government leader in my school, I knew very little about life or the world compared to what I know now. At that age, I was much more influenced by others and prone to crowd mentality than I am now as a more experienced adult. So long story short, to put these kids on a pedestal as an influence to make long reaching decisions is a bit scary to me.
Just throwing this out there to consider.