One of the most irritating and outrageous things said by @davidhogg111 was that quip about "young people have to take democracy like we take old peoples iPhones and show them how it works, because old people don't know how democracy works" wow, I'm sure Aristotle is rolling
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In his grave right now. I bet Hogg would say that doesn't matter, after all...kids are the ones who are "wise" in Boomer world, the Benjamin Spock self-affirmation generations are the new post-history men/women/Xirs after all, the experience of age? Get outta here with that!
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That's "antiquated", the notion that wisdom comes from experience, that's from the "wrong side" of history donchya know....ok ok, back to being serious: let us remind ourselves that no public figure is beyond criticism, I mean, this is just the identity politics game,
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Find a perfect spokesperson that can easily be absolved of all hints of criticism or even questioning, and yes of course we can't imagine what a tragedy it must be to live through such an event,but victimhood alone does not make someone skilled in the art of political philosophy.
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