2. So here's the situation: Turning Points USA hires Kyle Kashuv to be poster boy, a valuable asset since he's a Parkland shooting survivor. But it turns out there is a long record of Kashuv using n-word & other slurs so TPUSA cuts him lose.
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3. So Kashuv was hired & promoted mainly for something that happened to him as a teen, to be part of a youth organization said to be the voice of young conservatives, but we're told we can't judge him for his behavior at age 16.https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1131596506602049537 …
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4. Further, it's ridiculous to treat this event in isolation. Turning Points USA has a long history of hiring people who use n-word & other expression of anti-Black racism. So this isn't just about one 16 year old kid but an organization. https://twitter.com/AlexMLeo/status/1131551078695276544 …
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5. Also: Soave says we shouldn't judge the 16 year old Kashuv for using the n-word but he's built an entire career upbraiding slightly older teens (17 plus) for being PC or going to far left politically.https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1131627216545157120 …
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6. The deeper problem is that Soave's argument involves a normalization of teen use of ethnic slurs. A story: a friend has a 10-year old son, who heard a classmate use slur. Son politely but firmly criticized. By Soave's standard how can we praise that son?
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7. When I was in high school, some kids dropped the n-word (& other slurs) like they were in a Tarantino movie. It was upsetting to me, moreso to the (few) black kids. Does Soave's empathy extend to non-white kids who hear racial slurs or just to white kids who use them?
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8. Imagine thinking its a grave injustice that a kid who used the n-word & joined an organization well known for employing racists (Turning Points USA) doesn't get into Harvard. I live in a world far worse things happen to far better kids.https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1131661638099243008 …
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9. Finally I would question the premise that Kashuv is being destroyed by this. Trump is president & Ralph Northam is governor. Kashuv will be fine. In 10 years he'll be an editor at Reason with a Koch grant to write a book on the glories of the n-word.https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1131596506602049537 …
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Weird to see a libertarian argue *in favor* of some sort of age of consent
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