Well now- yes and no. Let’s look at this from another direction. Parents buy kids their clothes right? Some parents let their kids wear whatever they want, some parents set guidelines and let the child express their style within those lines, and some pick all their kids clothes for them. So let’s chane the script a little: “I sent my kid to school in a Power rangers Onsie and now they say they don’t want to go back....” While no one wants to be that kid, and most don’t want to be that parent, most people wouldn’t throw the contempt or hate at that parent this receives. So what is the difference? Politics. It’s real simple. Your politics will undoubtedly influence your child’s development- but using your child as a political tool is just plain wrong. Sending them to school inna dress isn’t itself wrong- sending them to satisfy your own personal political experiment is. The parent who sends their kid in a power ranger onesie is likely unaware that other children will react negatively.
They likely picked it out because they thought that it was age and peer group appropriate- even if that does mean they are out of touch a bit, they had nothing but good intentions and the well being of their child in mind. The parent who goes out of their way to make a child behave in a way they know will likely cause controversy is using their child. Being at the foreground of progressive thought usually assumes risk and burden of social ramifications. A person knowingly accepting these for their beliefs can shoulder those burdens. A person unwilling or unkowingnof what the potential ramifications are to being an agent of social chane being forced to be its instrument is being used and unfairly put to suffer. The choice has to be theirs or not at all.
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That. Was. A. Hoax. As someone wrote an hour before you elaborated on the whole dumb thing.
1. I was unaware of that comment. It’s possible I was writing this while it was being posted. When work is busy I start replies and leave them open, then finish them as able.
2. Hoax or not is irrelevant to the reply. In math class I was fully aware that the two trains traveling on the same tracks in opposite directions or the guy buying two tons of watermelons were not actual events being described. There are many forms of thought exercises that do not require the scenario to be real- or in some cases like Maxwells Demon in entropy- even plausible. The point is not to be outraged or emotionally react but to think about the situation. In examples like this it can be a good opportunity to consider not just various perspectives but also to deconstruct relationships and analyze the WHY of ones thoughts or initial reactions to a thing. Understanding of self is key to being a fully realized human. Understanding of others is key to being a fully realized memeber of humanity. But thank you
2. Hoax or not is irrelevant to the reply. In math class I was fully aware that the two trains traveling on the same tracks in opposite directions or the guy buying two tons of watermelons were not actual events being described. There are many forms of thought exercises that do not require the scenario to be real- or in some cases like Maxwells Demon in entropy- even plausible. The point is not to be outraged or emotionally react but to think about the situation. In examples like this it can be a good opportunity to consider not just various perspectives but also to deconstruct relationships and analyze the WHY of ones thoughts or initial reactions to a thing. Understanding of self is key to being a fully realized human. Understanding of others is key to being a fully realized memeber of humanity. But thank you
2. It was a troll question