She's a kid. I will refrain from negativity. But she is well on her way to becoming a GOP darling

[tulipsandroses]

Fox News probably offered a scholarship and job after graduation.

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[Blue_true]

1. Or.

She may be like the 11 year old boy from a decade or so back who was a conservative darling. He grew up and rejected his past beliefs.

She may be smart, but as a 9 year old, she has not seen much of the real world. Give her some time.

[tulipsandroses]

2. I hope so. These days with the propaganda machine in full force, I have doubts about that.

They live in their own bubble and its hard to pierce that bubble. But I do hope at some point, she sees the light.

[Blue_true]

4. True.

She may get home-schooled through 18 and then go to a “Christian” college. So yes, she may well become a tunnel-vision adult.

[Dorian Gray]

14. Yeah....

it's true that many people grow with experience. I listened to one minute of her speech and I hated it for so many reasons. But she is a child and she will grow (hopefully away from this). My fear is that this attention she is getting will embolden her and her family to search out more.... radicalizing her speech.

[MiniMe]

3. I couldn't listen to her BS.

[CrackityJones75]

5. BLM isn't political.

Nor is it offensive. For fucks sake it is patriotic to recognize that there is a systemic issue and to correct it for… get this… the betterment of the country as a whole!

I am tired of watching nazi youth.

[smirkymonkey]

6. She's an annoying, obnoxious little racist in training.

I blame her parents, but in 10 years she will be an adult and if she doesn't change her views then she will just be one of them and there will be no excuse for her.

I have to say that I have rarely seen such arrogance in someone of that age. She could use a little humility.

[oasis]

7. The 9-year-old should begin getting her facts straight before speaking

in public. She's headed for embarrassing smackdowns in future junior debates.

[Phoenix61]

8. Brainwashing starts young. It works better that way. nt

[keithbvadu2]

9. She wrote that? 9 y/o? I think she is reading someone else's words.

She wrote that? 9 y/o?

I think she is reading someone else's words.

[haele]

10. She could. Our 9-year old writes on an 11th grade level.

But we've been reading to her since she was two, not just Dr. Seuss, but classics like The Hobbit, Wind in the Willows, Twain short stories. And we always patiently explained concepts when she had questions. We didn't sugar-coat or baby-fie any of her reading.

To be a good writer, you need to be a good reader.

So, even if she's homeschooled and coached up the wazoo by her oh-so-christan middle class bigot parents, it is possible for her to write a decent premise paper, no matter how misguided.

I actually hope she did write it herself. If she did, she is capable of enough imagination and native intelligence she can break the hold of her upbringing.

Haele

[Shell_Seas]

11. If I was the principal, I would expel her.

[Johonny]

12. You're not born racist, someone teaches you to be a racist pile of crap

I bet her parents are horrible human beings that wrote most of that. It's a form of child abuse.

[TlalocW]

13. There have been a few wunderkind that the republicans have exploited over the years

Once they get a little bit older, they tend to "come out" so to speak and say they weren't really understanding what they were saying - just parroting what they were told to say - and renounce their past speeches. Johnathan Krohn was the last one I remember.

TlalocW

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Poor home training

In action

[kentuck]

16. Take them down or else?

What?