Comments | deadbeat_nymph: Awesome Child Activist

deadbeat_nymph

Awesome Child Activist

Nov 17, 2009 14:39

There are several things I want to post about, but for the moment, I just want to share this video interview of a child and his father. It made my day.

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Found via Tiger Beatdown, a blog I recommend highly. Also, Sady's post about is worth reading; she expresses exactly what I think and delightfully so, particularly her 'advice' to the boy's ( Read more... )

yay!, video, happies, politics, gay rights

Comments 6

astrangerfate November 17 2009, 19:57:16 UTC

:D I love kids. I love kids thinking for themselves.

In my graduating class of 24, only one kid stood up every day to say the pledge. We were pretty atypical though, especially for this area.

Thanks for the link!

deadbeat_nymph November 18 2009, 17:04:30 UTC

You're most welcome - I just had to share. :)

In my graduating class of 24, only one kid stood up every day to say the pledge. We were pretty atypical though, especially for this area.

I love it when the rebel is the one doing the mainstream thing. Hee!

maichan November 17 2009, 20:02:12 UTC

Very solemnly, with a little bit of malice in my voice...
Oh man, I needed this! Thank you so much for sharing.

deadbeat_nymph November 18 2009, 17:06:14 UTC

I KNOW! That line in particular was off the chainsaw. Double Hee!

You are welcome. I'm glad that I was able to add a little something good to your day. *hugs*

ostaras_journey November 17 2009, 22:23:44 UTC

Fucking Awesome! Not only is the child awesome (obviously), but I love the way his dad is just about bursting with pride. And he seems like a really wonderful, excellent parent.

It's sobering to imagine what a different world we could live in if the majority of children and their parents were like this.

Thanks so much for sharing, baby.

deadbeat_nymph November 18 2009, 17:12:23 UTC

You're welcome!

I agree completely about the father. He looks like such a normal, 'Middle America' sort of guy, who's from Arkansas, dammit, and here he is all, 'my gay rights fightin', America criticizin' boy should be on CNN!' So much love.

And yes, absolutely re: what a different world we could live in. At least there's hope for the future, with kids like this one. And I love the comments Sady (Tiger Beatdown) makes in relation to this:

At 6:15, you will sort of want to smack the interviewer a little. “Dear Ten-Year Old, Please answer a question that has been perplexing activists forever, namely: the fact that same-sex marriage initiatives are defeated when put to a vote.” The appropriate answer, of course, is “I don’t fucking know, we need to work on that.” Or perhaps, “putting the equality of a population TO A VOTE has really never led to anything that great, but also: check me out! I’m fucking ten! And also possibly Harry Potter! Maybe when more people MY AGE are voting, the sexual politics of the twentieth century and/or ( ... )