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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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
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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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
... 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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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
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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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
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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You are arguing about David Hogg as Breitbart would, and that’s you’re prerogative, but this is not about that.
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Really? You want to argue that an openly Jewish user who really has been harassed (and repeatedly suspended and silenced) on this platform because of false flagging by the neo-Nazis present, is himself a member of the Alt-Right? What's next? How outrageous do you want to get?
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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
I'm racially mixed. Would you also like to claim that I've been working for the Ku Klux Klan?
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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
No, I'm not "arguing as Breitbart would", I'm arguing as anybody who paid attention during a discussion of the constitution during middle school should be able to, without difficulty.
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Replying to @readingquietly @slpng_giants and
Assuming that it was a decent middle school, not to be mistaken with an activist-run indoctrination center. You really are without shame.
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"but this is not about that" This is not about what? Your appeal was what it was. Now, having lost the argument on points, you're trying to leave the reader confused, while attempting something that really is defamation of character.
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