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Fighting For The Right Thing

Added on by Chris Saad.

They say the older you get the more conservative you become. For me, I’ve certainly calibrated some of my views more conservatively but mainly I’ve become more sensitive to the way conservatives see the world while still largely rejecting their world view.

This video is a great example. Liberals see a young warrior fighting for the right thing (climate change). I imagine conservatives see a girl being manipulated by adults and the “liberal media” us a low and tight camera angle to avoid revealing just how small this protest is.

When I hear Castro or Beto talk about their immigrant American Dream and speak Spanish on stage, I know us liberals feel excited by a diverse and shrinking world. But I imagine conservatives freaking out - yelling at the TV “this is why we want fewer brown people in America - they’re taking over!”.

Personally, I find it mind numbing that we need this girl to say plainly obvious things to corrupt, shameless old people in a vain attempt to jog them from their ignorance, apathy and/or corruption.