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16yr olds shouldn’t be an activist for anything. They should be getting their homework done and enjoying their childhood. Anyone that becomes an activist at a young age has been taught to fear. Teaching fear to kids before they’re even adults is mental abuse/manipulation.

Do you really believe this? The Taliban headshotted Malala Yousafzai at age 15 for going to school as a girl. She became an activist for women's education & won a Nobel for it at 17. You really think she should've just shut up & done hw in a country that tried to kill her for it?

I know this Tweet is in reference to Greta Thunberg, but you're making a principled statement about the concept of child activists. I want to know if you believe the exact same thing about Malala Yousafzai.

A general statement isn’t going to change because of an exception. That’s anecdotal and definitely not the status quo. I still don’t think it’s ideal to make the child the voice in a best case scenario.

You said, "16yr olds shouldn't be an activist for ANYTHING" & "ANYONE that becomes an activist at a young age has been taught to fear" & when I bring up an example of someone who meets that exact age standard, all of a sudden it's an exception. Why? What counts as an exception?