Posted on 03/27/2018 11:25:49 AM PDT by pabianice
This is the key to understanding youth politics. Young people cannot be truly selfish, because they cannot be permanently young. Youth is temporary, its gains are passed on. In the late 19th century, young people built institutions that helped protect 20th-century young people. The high school seniors marching over the weekend will hopefully make their schools safer well after they have graduated. If anyone should be choosing the issues in politics, it should be the young, for they “have a longer future to provide for.”
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Cue Crosby, Stills and Nash.
“Teach....your parents well.......”
From a political standpoint this issue is a huge loser for the left - especially going into mid-term elections where they hope to make huge gains in congress.
There are very few issues that motivate the GOP base as much as the 2nd Amendment does..... just ask Bill Clinton.
Irrational gobbledygook.
Yeah, and if anyone should avoid risky behavior, it should be the young, "for they 'have a longer future'” to lose by taking foolish risks.But that’s not how life works in the real world, is it! To the contrary,
We get too soon old and too late smart.
Perhaps, if and when they grow up.
Well, they better get on it quick while they still know everything
And you can't fix stupid
That kid in the front row, far right of the picture looks particularly ... disturbed.
While it’s true you can’t fix stupid, it is possible to grow out of it.
Many don’t ref liberalism
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