{"id":415133,"date":"2021-04-12T18:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=415133"},"modified":"2021-04-12T18:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:28:30","slug":"david-hogg-losing-his-pillow-fight-proves-you-can-either-promote-or-protect-children-in-politics-you-cant-do-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-hogg-losing-his-pillow-fight-proves-you-can-either-promote-or-protect-children-in-politics-you-cant-do-both\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hogg Losing His Pillow Fight Proves You Can Either Promote Or Protect Children In Politics. You Can\u2019t Do Both"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdavid-hogg-losing-his-pillow-fight-proves-you-can-either-promote-or-protect-children-in-politics-you-cant-do-both%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=415133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1575.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Gun control activist David Hogg announced this weekend that he had resigned from \u201cGood Pillow,\u201d a progressive pillow company launched just two months ago with his partner William LeGate to compete with MyPillow, \u201capparently before the company produced a single product.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHogg claims to have divested himself of his Good Pillow shares, giving LeGate full ownership over the pillow company, in order to focus more intently on his education and his activism; operating a small business was, it seems, harder than Hogg expected and was getting in the way of more pressing endeavors,\u201d reported the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/david-hogg-quits-progressive-mypillow-competitor-two-months-after-launch\"><span>Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.395683453237\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7: Effective immediately, I have resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC. I want to thank Will for his partnership and wish him absolutely nothing but success with the future of Good Pillow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1381004084166148104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Hogg\u2019s announcement was widely mocked on Twitter, with many pointing out his arrogance just two months ago when he first launched the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, beyond the undeniable hilarity of capitalism claiming another progressive scalp, Hogg\u2019s economic collapse demonstrated another bizarre feature of our society: the adulation of young adults as thought leaders while simultaneously using their status as \u201cchildren\u201d as a defense from any criticism.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1111111111111\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s also a kid. You\u2019re a grown man. you\u2019re also a grown hypocrite asshole.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Moote (@MootePoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MootePoints\/status\/1381299757226811400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The \u201cjust a child\u201d defense is used by the Left every time one of their chosen \u201cyoung heroes\u201d comes under any form of criticism. Greta Thunberg, who oscillates between \u201cthought leader\u201d and \u201cchild\u201d in the eyes of the Left, is another example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There are only two rational and logical positions one can hold when it comes to young people \u2014 specifically children \u2014 in the arena of politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>If someone enters the public arena voluntarily, then their age is insignificant, and their statements should be both respected and open for criticism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Someone\u2019s age should be a limiting factor regarding the legitimacy of their public statements, and we should therefore actively protect young people from entering the public sphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>However, the Left intentionally use children while jumping back and forth between these positions as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When a child or young person is willing \u2014 or apparently willing \u2014 to be used as a mouthpiece for a Leftist position, they are immediately promoted as a central voice on the issue. Gun control, climate, immigration. The complexity of these debates is diluted by the \u201cchildish wisdom\u201d of the person in question. Their age is a source of strength, of legitimacy, of truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When that same child or young person inevitably says something worth criticizing \u2014 because they are speaking with authority on complex issues, often beyond their full understanding&nbsp;\u2014 their age is immediately leveraged as a reason why such criticism is not only unfounded, but maliciously unfounded. Criticism is rejected as being motivated by an alleged hatred of children, much in the same way as arguments are rejected by leveling accusations of racism or sexism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Left have to pick a lane. If they want to hand children the weapons of politics and push them into the field of battle, then they can\u2019t be the ones screaming \u201cthink of the children\u201d when the reality of political debate becomes apparent.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, if they care \u2014 as they claim \u2014 about the innocence of children, perhaps they should leave them alone?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun control activist David Hogg announced this weekend that he had resigned from \u201cGood Pillow,\u201d a progressive pillow company launched just two months ago with his partner William LeGate to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312067,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1575.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"David Hogg Losing His Pillow Fight Proves You Can Either Promote Or Protect Children In Politics. 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