2-Like many left-wing tactics, this is not exclusive to the Left: the populist Right is especially apt to borrow such tactics if they appear to succeed. But it's a persistent strategy on that side of the aisle.
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3-As transparent as it is, the most irksome part is watching the great, gushing flows of self-righteous praise that gets heaped on these people for their unique courage & insight as if we have not all heard this script recited a dozen times before, from Cindy Sheehan to Parkland.
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4-These spokespeople, being children or grief-stricken, are themselves typically sincere, if often poorly informed. Their time in the spotlight is frequently harmful to them, & they are discarded once the moment passes. If, like Sheehan, they turn on the D power structure, worse.
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5-It's positively irresponsible to do this to people just to score political points. Frankly, even some of our politicians & pundits are at times ill-equipped for the national spotlight, let alone kids. Be better than this. Politics ain't beanbag. People get hurt.
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6-And have the courage of your convictions. If an argument is a good one, it doesn't need to use children as human shields. It can be advanced in the open on its merits.
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7-We can argue all we like, and as adults, we need not pull punches in doing so. But it's never a bad day to be a decent human being.pic.twitter.com/aeoiYqXpff
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It's the closest thing Cindy Sheehan will have to a political legacy.
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Like joe the plumber?
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Or Patricia Smith, or Kyle kashuv, or cliven bundy. Baseball crank is out here cranking out the bs as usual. I’m no progressive but it’s the conservatives who perfected and mainstreamed the “technique” to avoid give and take criticisms.
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David Hogg has been kinda quiet lately, come to think of it
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