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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"I'm 20 and this is deep".

Become an actual adult and you will realize how ridiculously difficult it is to take some uneducated teenager's radicalism with any grain of seriousness and respect. Even if you try to because you remember what it felt like not to be taken seriously, and you don't want to be that adult..

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm 35, and I'm perfectly able to engage with the thought process behind the opinion, no matter how radical. All they want is to be treated with respect.

Contrast with “real adults” who e.g. continue to trash the planet because they can't even think of slightly decreasing the amount by which they enrich themselves. Those I don't respect. They are the real radicals.

If a 15 year old says “so much good can happen when a few billionaires kick the bucket”, I'm right there with them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Man, that is not what most 15 year olds are saying. You have an idealized fantasy in your head. Most of them are just spewing obscenities, racism and stupid incel/manosphere shit over discord. Just like we were over IRCs, ventrillo and TeamSpeak.

Most kids are fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had Climate Change anxiety when I was 15. I'm an adult now and I have crippling Climate Change anxiety and can't do anything without feeling guilty. I hate the adults that sabotage my education because they decided I had a learning disability. If anyone said problematic shit, it was my conservative history teacher.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well thank goodness the US just elected a person and party that are totally dedicated to climate change mitigation! And our political process in general is well oiled and poised for real meaningful change! And the American people all acknowledge the existence of the problem and in no way deny it, and are all united in fighting the clear and present danger it poises!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

My history teacher would be proud. He wont have to worry about those pesky wealthfare queens or illegal immigrants anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think the average person on lemmy, with a diagnosed learning disability or other challenges (autism in my case), represent the average opinion of 15 year old children.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Judging by the state of the world, I don't think the average adult has any right to have a feeling of smug superiority to teenagers. I don't think there's really that much difference between average teenagers and average adults.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Adults can be immature, but children cannot be mature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Greta Thunberg and how Americans react to her proves why mature children in America are a rarity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Teenagers are 100% passionate, and they can be morally correct. That was never in question. I have an absolutely tremendous respect for what she has done and stands by. I've also personally seen and worked with kids who have had to "mature" early due to life circumstances or trauma. This doesn't change my trust in children.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Most teenagers I know are leftist, so you're right in that most aren't like that, but you're very wrong about insinuating that I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The type of kids you're describing is not what "I'm x age and this is deep" is talking about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That depends entirely on who is speaking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm way over 20 and I wholeheartly disagree with you. It is indeed complicated to educate rebelling teenagers but many adults look down on children, teens and young adults just because of them being younger. That is an acceptable behavior.
Even when struggling to educate someone, it's not ok to treat someone like they are worth nothing. Younger human are human being and deserve to be treated as so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Isn't that completely missing the point of this post? 15-20 is old enough to have some experience, opinions, thoughts, hopes, fears, dreams, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"I'm the cool mom ..."