A HS student to their TX school board, which is banning books:

“I’m not going to sit here and talk about the slippery slope that book banning leads to because I learned from a book, that I checked out from my school’s library, that I don’t need to resort to logical fallacy to make a point. I’m simply going to say that no government – and public school is an extension of government – has ever banned books, and banned information from its public, and been remembered in history as the good guys.”

@bodhipaksa What a profound statement from a high school student. May we have more of this wisdom from our young people come forth.
@EveyJo @bodhipaksa I have a 17 year old and a 21 year old. I think we assume that, as older folks that we're wiser, but I am continuously reminded that my kids are sometimes wiser than I am.
@catpower @EveyJo @bodhipaksa I am regularly reminded that I was smarter and wiser at that age than I was later on, or now.
Perhaps looking freshly at things, without having been exposed to 'takes' for a lifetime, makes for better outcomes. A bit like why a visiting alien commenting on human things would be worth listening to.