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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am glad my children want to do the walkout. If virtue signaling means showing that they don’t approve of how this country is being run, then I’m okay with that. Do I know this one walkout won’t make an impact, YES. But I want them to know they have a voice and don’t need to blindly follow the leader when the leader is a criminal and a bully and their peers of color are at risk right now. If we all just sit back and say “well this one thing won’t make an impact” then the maga’s keep winning because they think everyone approves of them. We don’t! [/quote]

Wasn't it "people of color" who gunned down the two white activists in Minnesota? Pretty sure Pretti was shot by two agents of Latino heritage. Not sure about Good. And both were aggressive activists proactively interfering with Federal agents.

Anyway, even if I'm bothered with many of the ICE tactics, we have talked about all of this as a family and I'm glad to see that the kids are wise enough not to reduce it to simple ideological memes more about preferred narratives and wishcasting than a very complicated situation. I do see why kids are appealed to the simplicity of the protest messages, but ultimately it's emotional passions, not logic or truth that is at the core of the protests. So I would not be encouraging kids to skip school without a serious understanding on what they're protesting and the causes and consequences of everything surrounding it. Most of the kids are not able to do that. They're just following a TikTok meme so they can pat themselves and feel good about it. [/quote]

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