Kids are a lot more tolerant than adults are. Haven't you noticed that? They don't see skin color, they don't see that their friends' parents are drunks, or ne'r do wells, or gay. They don't see any of those things until their parents start pointing them out.
A kid will only be scandalized when you tell them they ought to be.
While I can understand your statement to ignore them, the comment reminds me of the statement by Edmund Burke:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Could you possibly overdramatize this situation any more?
I think it's better to say kids are a lot more innocent than adults are. And to make a political statement at an event for children is wrong no matter how it's spun.
A kid will only be scandalized when you tell them they ought to be.
I'd say that's somewhat true. What's more true is kids will be scandalized when somebody or some group robs them of their innocence.
I believe that speaking up to protect the innocent and pointing out a political statement at an event for children is something that should be done and not ignored. If you think quoting Edmund Burke is over dramatizing then we'll just have to disagree of the importance of protecting the innocent.
Yes, we have.
They also don't twig to John Gacy in a clown suit, or to that piece of filth that stole and murdered a young girl in Florida a couple of years ago.
That's why we have adults called grownups stand over them and protect them and teach them to grow up straight.
Morally straight, sexually straight, honor bright, and tell no lies. You remember all that stuff, don't you?