I think the situation is akin the the 60s...I, as someone that is for more efficient gun regulations, is akin to the man standing up for African Americans back then.....now back then, a person like myself would be viewed as condescending, and it's almost impossible not to be, when you are one of the people that can see the "forest through the trees"..if you know what I mean, but 20 years from now, people will actually look at me and apologize and say, "dude, you weren't condensing, you were just on the right side of history and we were on the wrong side"..

They're both open to criticism as public figures. Period. There is a difference worth mentioning, though, and that's that Hogg is the activist. He is the one trying to enact change. The other kid is reacting to that.

But don't act like people are mean or wrong for calling out an 18-year-old who is actively campaigning to take away one of people's rights and is doing so in such a condescending manner. His experience was awful, but it gives him no better argument than anyone else. One of my friend's dad died of heart disease when we were young, but I didn't seek out his advice on cardiovascular health.

But it seems to me that he would have special insights many of us could use.

That is literally the most condescending post I've ever read on the topic.

If you meant to do that, well done, though.

No.

I'm not here to be popular, I'm here to do and say the right thing.

You sound like a guy who is going to finish seventh on The Bachelorette.

I'm not here to be popular, I'm here to do and say the right thing.