March for Our Lives is funded by Hollywood celebs, it’s led by a Hollywood producer and its finances are routed through an obscure tax firm in the Valley. Its treasurer and secretary are Washington D.C. pros....
None of this has much to do with Parkland. The mass shooting by a mentally ill man who should have been committed and arrested long before he carried out his massacre was a political opportunity.
Now that opportunity is being exploited to the hilt by a professional class of political activists.I'm deeply troubled that emotionally traumatized young people are being used by this political system to front a well-constructed "mass movement". Although, I brought that up to a gun control supporter the other day and the response was, "Well, now maybe people will pay attention."
Yes, by all means exploit fragile kids to further slake your anger at a president for whom you didn't vote and those whom you see as a bunch of low-class clowns who don't live in Connecticut who cling to their guns because the world is changing.
Is the world changing that much? Young people are easy to manipulate and have been used throughout history to carry the desires of cynical and manipulative adults. Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot knew that and used it to their advantage. Medieval Christian and Muslim despots knew that, too. Heck, I was easy to manipulate when I was younger by everyone from the U.S. military to the Democratic Socialist Party. I learned my lesson the hard way and it pains me to see that practice continue.