Your attempt to argue that Hogg's status as a teen entitles him to special protection becomes particularly comical because of your failure to watch the calendar. David Hogg was born on April 12, 2000. He turned 18 a few weeks ago. He's legally an adult.
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But even if he wasn't, his public presence has been overtly political from the very beginning, and Mr. Hogg doesn't get to have it both ways.
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He can't, at one moment, say something like "the adults need to be quiet and let the kids lead", demanding a level of deference toward his views that only the most narcissistic of adults would even dare to think of requesting ...
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... and then in the next, be shielded from criticism, even insane criticism, on the basis that he's just a little boy. Either his maturity does get taken seriously or it does not.
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But even if he were two, constitutionally, any attempt to stifle criticism of his political speech would be a non-starter and like it or not, his account of his experience of that shooting is part of his political speech. You do remember what his issue is, right? Gun control.
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One can't separate his account of what happened at Parkland from his issue, given the nature of the appeal he has made to the electorate.
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But I'm not surprised that you would have made this effort, however sleazy, and not just because the use of money as a way of getting around the first amendment seems to be what you're all about.
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I notice that while trying to shut down the free speech of others, you stay anonymous yourself, striking from the shadows and then slinking back. But based on your name, choice of causes and people to support, and your approach, I have a fairly good idea that you belong to gen Z
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Gen Z - also known as the millennial centrist's accidental best friend. Sort of.
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"Were you born during the 90s? Are you dying of embarrassment over the antics of your peers? Do you find yourself at a loss for words when grizzled old war veterans tell you that yours is the worst generation in history, and you wonder if maybe they're right?pic.twitter.com/AZdZ3U86mj
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Let Gen Z come to the rescue. Sure, your classmates might have struggled with the question of whether or not a boy in a dress was really a girl or not, but at least you knew the Earth was round, right? Right?pic.twitter.com/L8RnPpc7iQ
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Good. You had us worried there for a second. Just take heart in the thought that no matter how bad your classmates were, they've been outdone. Buzzfeed? That video from prom after somebody introduced you to designer drugs? Pfft. Small stuff." Let's take a good look.
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About a year ago (I think it was), I asked a question that would be a natural one for a Jew to ask, only to have it derailed by the usual gen Z obnoxiousness - where did all of these Nazis come from, all of a sudden? Real neo-Nazis?
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