Why the right is attacking Greta Thunberg, the latest teen to push for global change
or the children who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising or any of the other thousands of young people who have risked their lives and even the lives of their families to speak out against the cruelty and fear of grown-ups who should, and never do, know better.
What’s more, children are not just capable of important activist work — often, they are remarkably good at it. It is largely thanks at least in part to their efforts that underage labor laws are now strictly implemented in the United States, while names like Bull Connor, the police chief who authorized the use of attack dogs against the Birmingham children, are regarded as a shameful smear on our nation’s history.
If they are somehow steered in that direction by their parents, who have the wisdom and generosity to recognize the mistakes that their generation and generations before have made, then honestly: who the hell cares? What difference does it make if’s parents have led her to the same conclusion that scientists and academics and climate experts have? This is not even a question of practicing empathy for your fellow man, or speaking out against injustice, or being on the right side of history; it...
It’s certainly possible that Thunberg and all the brave children who came before her were strongly influenced by their parents in forming their views. But I’m not sure any rational or empathetic person would say that’s a problem.
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