1-At least once a year, progressives require some new folk hero - preferably a child, or a grieving family member - who can be used as a front for a political argument without being subject to the regular give-and-take of criticism that comes with the territory. It's shabby.
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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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Don't forget the last part, after they are used, they are dumped...
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Dan, except of course that the left media never gives any oxygen when conservatives do it (Kyle Kashuv) except to actually attack the kid for being wittingly or unwittingly brainwashed by Republicans.
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That reminds me. How is
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* Cindy Sheehan *prior* to obama’s presidency. As Charles Gibson coincidentally admitted, she’d used up her time.
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why so condescending towards young adults who are taking a stand for a better world? if we had less people like *you*, maybe *they* could just be kids.
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