Shocked by the violent protests on the most elite campuses, Americans often imagine that these children have been brainwashed while out of school.
That edification will certainly take place. But in most cases, the process begins much earlier, often from kindergarten through 12th grade, or even earlier.
What we are seeing on campuses is the result of years of left-wing activists pushing children to the forefront to spread propaganda.
And it’s not just board books like “A is for Activist” that introduce young children to the idea of protest before they even set foot in school.
Teachers push their own agendas.Whether it’s climate change, gun control, or the war in Gaza, they don’t put much emphasis on teaching children. how think more than that what To think.
The goal is to turn children into activists, and the sooner the better.
After all, children can be a valuable resource in ending discussions.
Their youth suggests innocence and appears to confer moral authority. How can you argue with an innocent child?
Greta Thunberg famously quit school to protest against climate change.
It was impossible to challenge the child in pigtails, even if she called for the world to shut down.
Please remember her crying, “I can’t believe you would do such a thing!” In front of the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit?
Because of her age, it resonated widely.
For an adult to make the same plea would be seen as disproportionate.
nevertheless, idea After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, when adult activists watched as teenage anti-gun activists violently attacked their ideological opponents with minimal backlash. , Greta was chosen as a voice for climate change warriors.
No one could argue with the traumatized teenager. That was the important point.
Since then, this concept has only expanded.
Last week, the Stanford University encampment hosted preschoolers from the Aswat Youth Ensemble, who led a genocidal chant of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and, with some boredom, sang a Palestinian folk song. sang.
Adult radicals know how to get kids interested: Last month, the Free Press reported that the Long Beach Unified School District pay Students will be trained in racial and social justice causes.
If kids have little passion for a cause, perhaps some cash will persuade them.
They are also being used as a shield in large-scale lawsuits across the country. An organization called Our Children’s Trust is pursuing a so-called “climate lawsuit” on behalf of 21 children.
OCT describes itself as a “not-for-profit public interest law firm that provides strategic legal services to young people to secure their right to a safe climate.”
The idea is that climate change will negatively impact the lives and futures of these children.
But the real motive is to make the discussion even more difficult by showing the child as the perpetrator.
OCT has “big money backing and long-standing ties to progressive activists,” Fox News reported. “We actively recruit children between the ages of 8 and 18 to be the face of our legal efforts.”
Children have no idea how to sue various state governments on their own for environmental destruction.
OK: My 8-year-old son asked if he could sue his best friend for becoming a Philadelphia Eagles fan instead of rooting for his beloved Dallas Cowboys.
This is more in line with what an 8-year-old would think than OCT’s Chief Legal Counsel and Co-Executive Director Julia Olson’s ridiculous argument that “the government has violated the constitutional rights of children through its laws and actions.” Maybe it’s not that crazy. It promotes fossil fuels, ignores climate change, and unfairly puts young people at risk. ”
Last week, Drag Queen Story Hour, a group from Valley Families for Palestine in Amherst, Mass., brought together some of the left’s best causes, with drag queens giving a speech to young children. He led the chorus of “Liberate Palestine”.
Left-wing brainwashing is distorting children’s development. Children want to please adults, but they don’t know any better anyway, so they repeat what they’ve been taught.
However, when asked to explain their knowledge of an issue, that knowledge is often very shallow.
In a video that went viral last month, two NYU students protesting the war in Gaza failed to explain specifically what they wanted NYU to do.
“I wish I had been more educated,” one person said with a sigh. Everyone thinks so.
If you’re scared of bad ideas or worse methods on display on college campuses, you need to fight back long before high school seniors receive their acceptance letters.
Parents have to draw the line and say, “My child is not your activist.”
Twitter: @Karol
