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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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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The rebuttal to a "think of the children!" argument is actually to not think of the children, not substitute the same appeal to emotion going the other way. No need to infantilize Greta as an innocent in need of protection. She's certainly not asking for that.
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