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And the trolls managed to flag the story off the front page as well :(
>mom of 8-year-old climate activist Havana Chapman-Edwards Is it just me, or is there something disturbing about an 8 year old activist for anything? I cannot see anything good coming from turning young children into activists. Kids that age need love and stability, not the fear that the world is going to end unless they do something.
Has anyone tried to do an analysis on these trolls? Who are they and why are they trolling? I'm concerned that these aren't normal people and instead people interested in maintaining the status quo are coordinating these activities.
And the trolls managed to flag the story off the front page as well :(
It's not right, either. The thread had barely started and there seemed to be some interesting, civil comments among the blatant bait. I hope the mods can catch it. You can 'vouch' for flagged comments, but not posts, which usually helps poorly-flagged items.
Hopefully the mods will second-chance it, as despite the oh-so-predictable trash comments there's an important issue.
Why are children under 13 even being allowed to create social media accounts?
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We shouldn't suppress any voices, unless they're outright calling for violence. We also shouldn't elevate our children to become spokespeople for the world. Let kids be kids.
If the kids WANT to participate, why not let them? This girl started protesting by herself.She took initiative, raised her voice and dis something. Should we stop her from doing that?
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They would be protected by meaningful government action on climate change. A comfortable childhood will mean nothing to these kids if their adulthoods are ruined by the consequences of the inaction of older generations, and the kids know it and want to do something about it.
this rhetoric is going a bit too far. The UN children's convention protects children . When (and if) climate change will affect these people they will be adults.
Using children as political tools is disgusting. It's blatantly manipulative. Throwing them into the cess-pool of public politics and then acting as if you're shocked they're in a cess-pool, and using that shock to try to score political points, is one of the more reprehensible tactics in the modern play book.
Maybe perhaps we could try to raise the level of discourse across the board? Why does it have to be a cess pool at all? We really have to do something to reduce the firehose of twitter/FB bots and trolls with no accountability. It's like the old days of email spam, but with targetted abuse and harassment.
>mom of 8-year-old climate activist Havana Chapman-Edwards Is it just me, or is there something disturbing about an 8 year old activist for anything? I cannot see anything good coming from turning young children into activists. Kids that age need love and stability, not the fear that the world is going to end unless they do something.
So they should just sit there and wait to die is what you're saying?