https://twitter.com/drewmistak/status/798982986607644672
Liberals don’t have much use for the unborn, but once a child becomes old enough to hold a sign? That child becomes invaluable:
This photo of a 3-year-old defying Donald Trump is what we need now https://t.co/T9Si7LBUWV pic.twitter.com/w4LTkmnsMs
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 16, 2016
No.
https://twitter.com/BellaLibertas/status/798983998362058752
“What we need now” is for self-righteous parents and so-called adults to stop using children as political props.
Yeah, a 3-year-old wrote that. It definitely wasn't the parents using him as a political tool.
— PastafarianSaiyan (@PastaSaiyan) November 16, 2016
Actually, that’s exactly what it was:
Kaio’s mother, Brisa Pinho, a Brazilian-American with dual citizenship made the sign. “I thought it was a good idea to create a bold sign as if it was my son saying it,” Pinho told The Huffington Post. “The wall I speak of in the sign is figurative. [It’s] a wall of hate, racism, and xenophobia that if built in the years ahead, will be teared Down by my son and his generation.”
It’s bad enough that Ms. Pinho admits to exploiting her son. But for her (and HuffPo, for that matter) to be proud of it, too? Pretty gross.
https://twitter.com/camera_scott/status/798980292883030016
Using children as political pawns is acceptable now?
— Prince of All Satans (@PenitusVox) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/_fiat_justitia_/status/798975462714183681
@HuffingtonPost This is quite sad. Keep your young children out of politics.
— Aegis (@Aegis_29) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/wantu2c/status/798983943877820416
Exploiting a kid like this is nauseating.
— Licensed Genderist (@satoshiksutra) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/MforestB/status/798967393020215305
https://twitter.com/RivianRanger/status/798982476009914368
what we need is to keep kids out of this and let them be kids.
— EzioAuditore (@ImEzioOfLad) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/IncapIsEternal/status/798971661617795072
No, @HuffingtonPost – we do NOT need to manipulate and exploit children as puppets. Whether politics or religion – #LeaveTheKidsAlone
— Horus Gilgamesh (@AwkwardBible) November 16, 2016
And maybe, parents, while you’re at it, find a babysitter for your kids while you go protest:
Though Kaio is only 3, Pinho felt it would be safe to take her son, who likes crowds and music, to the protest she described as “extremely peaceful.”
Hope for young Kaio’s sake that Ms. Pinho doesn’t bring him to any more “peaceful” protests.
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