why not to other kids

Same thing, allowed of course

But not in public

Where the general public hears their stupid ideas

and they understand that theyre a kid

if kids are stupid why would anyone react badly to a kid's stupid ideas

Hey, puts out kids in an early state of a public sphere, where if they're going to be dumb enough to talk about their politics, there are naturally going to be other kids with opposing politics, and they're going to have to learn how to deal with that.

Well I don't react poorly to a kid's stupid ideas

I know they're kids, so I let them be stupid

That's the whole point of it

NEVER take a child serious unless it's a purely personal matter

Political affairs, no thx

you're contradicting yourself

How?

you're drawing an arbitrary distinction on politics

How?

and how we define public

How?

schools are public

out in the playground is public

Kids are kids, so let them be stupid, because we shouldn't take them seriously. BUT IN PUBLIC, THEY MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND PUNISHED

Schools are a place to teach and be taught and exchange ideas, where only teachers and kids are allowed in

There's your contradiction

The general public is NOT allowed into schools

if i take them to a town playground can they talk politics to other kids

i'm still not seeing why it's harmful for a kid to speak their mind

And in cases where the general public does have entry into schools, the kids shouldn't be platformed to speak about politics

Oh fuck yeah, don't platform them

let them say what they want, but don't give them a public cult-gathering

Playgrounds are safe platforms, the kids only interact with other kids and their parents, that's it

It's about scale, my friend

scale doesn't really matter

Yes it does

Wait, do parents interact with their kids at playgrounds where you are?

it doesn't change the context of what they're saying

Yes it does

It's funny how Soph wasn't supposedly old enough to express her views on a Youtube and simultaneously too young to face the consequences of a spot light.

Playgrounds around here are for parents to get a break

Meanwhile, the Parkland kids are totally old enough to be platformed for national TV... and they can be simultaneously too young to face the consequences of a spot light.

If a kid says something political on a playground, they can face only the expected response from their peers and other families. Yes, it can still be harmful, but at least it likely won't go viral.

"That's nice honey" is all the interaction you get