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Same BS that was spewed when young people marched with MLK and against the Vietnam Nam war.
Somehow these same young people are old and wise enough to understand the ramifications of enlisting in the military but they are ignorant of anything else?
Everyone choosing to patronize these young people would do well to look at the latest Pew research study focused on political party affiliations for this age group.
Lots of people in for rude awakenings.
"WE CALL B.S."
MLK marched FOR rights, not AGAINST rights.
And young people marched against the Vietnam war because they were being carted off to fight and die in it. If you were being forced to die in another country far away from your home and all that you loved and you did NOT have a choice in the matter... would you NOT protest if you did NOT want to participate?? It's not much of a head-scratcher.
How many young people TODAY are marching against all of our current military ops?? Against all of our illegal wars? Against all of the drone strikes killing children across the globe?? Not too many.
There are a lot of good young people out there. But there are also a hell of a lot of those just going along for the ride because it's "what everyone else is doing". Sit down with one and have a one-on-one conversation and make them reason everything out and their arguments start to fall apart very quickly. Take away the hyperbole and hysteria to more easily be able to discern common sense and truth.
The "if you aren't with us, you must want innocent children gunned down " rhetoric from some is just getting old.
I remember seeing one of the student marchers stating into the camera "if you aren't with us , you are against us" , that is the type of mentality that is disturbing. Everyone is an advocate for not seeing people being gunned down, but there are real solutions and there are band aids... so far , all we are seeing is band aids.
It's the same as when Democrats and Hillary told half of America " if you aren't with us , you are a racist Nazi"
The antigun lobby is doing the same, if you arent against guns, you are a racist NRA ar15 carrying baby killer.
I've never seen a groups of "kids" make so many adults squirm, seemingly a lot of conservatives at that.
squirm - v. To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.
Yes, those who exploit children to promote political causes should definitely exhibit signs of humiliation. But yet, they don't. They seem quite pleased with themelves. And THAT is part of the problem. No shame.
Guns aren't the problem. It's quite clearly something else... Increases in single-parent households? Increases in the unwed birth rate? Increase in the rate of depression experienced by the population, in general, but in teens in particular? Could be any or all of those.
A show of force? Even the cowardly president split town.
You sound like you are going in order to start trouble or fight with people.
Why would you think that is a "good time"? These people are going for a peaceful protest, but it seems as if you want to ensure there is trouble. We'll remember that when Antifa is being blamed by the alt-right.
Nothing to really be proud of here dot. They are simply following the rest of the herd. Had your nieces and nephews spontaneously decided to take a stand against guns, then I would be impressed. But that isn't the case. They are simply jumping onto the latest bandwagon. Which is completely normal for young people. Hell, it's normal for most people. But again, it's really nothing to be proud of. They are going to protest about things they don't even truly understand. All they know is what they've been told by their elders, social media, teachers, etc. They have not yet reached a point in life where they are truly thinking for themselves or making their own decisions. Ten or twenty years from now, they may very well feel a lot different about the subject of guns and gun rights. Because they will be adults with fully developed brains and real opinions and beliefs of their own. All I can say is I hope you will be equally as proud if one of these nieces or nephews decides they believe in the right to bear arms in the future. Otherwise, you aren't really proud, you are simply pleased that they are going to support your own opinions.
"WE CALL B.S."
MLK marched FOR rights, not AGAINST rights.
And young people marched against the Vietnam war because they were being carted off to fight and die in it. If you were being forced to die in another country far away from your home and all that you loved and you did NOT have a choice in the matter... would you NOT protest if you did NOT want to participate?? It's not much of a head-scratcher.
How many young people TODAY are marching against all of our current military ops?? Against all of our illegal wars? Against all of the drone strikes killing children across the globe?? Not too many.
There are a lot of good young people out there. But there are also a hell of a lot of those just going along for the ride because it's "what everyone else is doing". Sit down with one and have a one-on-one conversation and make them reason everything out and their arguments start to fall apart very quickly. Take away the hyperbole and hysteria to more easily be able to discern common sense and truth.
So you admit that the kids who marched previously understood why they were marching.
Curious: did you justify those reasons because you agreed with them?
Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Also funny how marching to not be sent to be killed in Vietnam Nam was a noble cause but marching to not be killed in school is not.
Now, there’s a head-scratcher.
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