Kids Don’t Think Congress Has Their Best Interests In Mind With Their Grandstanding ‘Protect The Children’ Hearing::We’ve covered a few stories this week related to the Senate hearing on “kids safety” and there’s going to be a lot more in the coming weeks as those same Senators grandstand and yell about “protect the children!” and generally make fools of themselves. I think Casey Newton’s summary of the spectacle is about right:…
If they cared about kids they’d do something about school shootings, stop blocking food stamps, go after religious figures that sexually abuse children, pass universal healthcare, and a myriad of other things. Congress, and particularly Republicans, don’t care about children AT ALL. Children are a political talking point, a useful point of leverage, for them, but that’s it.
Going after tech companies is useful in two ways:
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It distracts from going after the actually things that harm children (gun manufacturers, poverty, child molester priests) and lets politicians look tough.
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They can beat up tech companies that mostly are from blue states without jeopardizing traditional donor base.
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Congratulations kids. You officially know all you need to about Congress.
Alternative headline: Kids aren’t total fucking idiots
man I’m almost 30 and I don’t think that anyone in Congress shares my best interests in mind lol, I’m and I’m starting to feel that way with the judicial branch. I’m legitimately beginning to think that the only real solution to it all is to just leave the country.
I don’t want Congress raising our nation’s children. They always use their “protect children” dog whistle to cause panic and yet get nowhere. Parents should really stop asking the government to raise their children for them.
What a silly completely uninformed take!
- In one corner, parents who want to do the best for their children.
- In the other corner, a 600 pound gorilla that is intent on fucking up their children…
Governments need to regulate businesses. No one wants the to raise children.
Parents stand no chance against teams of trained psychologist, behavioral testing, limitless A/B testing, and the constant application of external pressure on both parents and children in a hyper targeted environment. That shows unrealistic Views into other people’s lives, emphasises hate, anger, envy because it gets clicks and engagement.
Where the only way to win is not to play, but this is also not an option because society demands it. Governments on Facebook, Twitter and such.
Fuck (gambling) commercials, micro transactions, children targeted apps, xxx as-a-service, it all normalizes the predation on children and will no doubt affect future generations.
I think KOSA is a terrible bill. I’ve written both my senators about it. It only takes a couple minutes.
Well yea…
I’ve been fairly certain Congress doesn’t have my best interests in mind since the Iraq War. Most of what’s happened since then has only solidified that opinion.
Um… as a parent, there’s no way kids know what is good for them.
Not saying congress is right, but we shouldn’t be asking kids. Sorry to any kids reading this.
Unless your children are under 2, you are doing them an enormous disservice by dismissing their views on the world like this. Children understand a lot more than you think and you can have wonderfull conversations on meaningfully subjects with kids under 10 even… above 10 they will even amaze you more.
You clearly don’t realize that a good chunk of the backbone of Reddit was literally developed by a 13 year old.
I mean that’s cool but also not really a rebuttal to the user above. Now the person above is not correct. Kids absolutely know when they’re getting the short end of a deal or at least when it comes to stuff they care about. And Congress didn’t give a flying fuck about the good of the children or we’d have a food guarantee for all children and single prayer health care already.
single prayer health care
That’s the problem, we need more prayers! My new favorite typo
Must be one hell (pun intended) of a prayer to cover everything!
The point of the article isn’t to ask the kids. It’s to display that congress is doing such a poor charade that even kids, who are supposed to understand nothing, fully understands that congress is doing obvious bullshit.
Oh yeah… We got a typical “my way or the highway” parent who thinks their children aren’t human beings with their own thoughts and emotions.
Either the kids are right and congress is failing them, or the kids are wrong and congress is failing to communicate to them. Either way it’s a problem and the adults are failing the kids
Maybe we should be asking kids. Clearly us adults aren’t qualified to run a country.
As a parent, there is a way for kids to know what’s good for them.
What kids lack is experience and emotional maturity, not an understanding of their needs. If you actually listen to kids, they’ll surprise you with their observant, creative, and intelligent minds.
No, we shouldn’t rely solely on what they say, but to exclude them entirely from the conversation is wrong for so many reasons
All the bad choices and dumb decisions I made as a kid… Everybody downvoting this is either a kid or suffering from amnesia.
All the bad choices and dumb decisions I made as an adult…
Being older dosent stop ye from making stupid mistakes, heck it’s more likely ye make bigger mistakes that are harder to fix
Am idiot adult, former idiot kid. Can confirm.
Or have you considered the possibility that that might just have been a “you problem”?
