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EQUALITY FOR ALL!!!
We the common children of the United States of America demand true equality for all! We have been held in contempt by adults, who would take away our rights, and many youngsters have been mistreated, misunderstood, and assumed inferior to adults; we have been disrespected in many forms and underestimated by many; we are ordered around like tame dogs and often told, "You'll know when you're older..." There are centuries of knowledge in this world; why should adults selfishly keep it to themselves, or refuse to admit it when they do not know the answer to a question made by a child? Why do adults, who advise their children not to lie, often use trickery and deception themselves? Why do adults, who advise their children not to fight, with speech or fist, are really the ones who inspire skirmishes with their loud arguments in the kitchen?
And why do many online journals and blogs put the minimum age to thirteen? Why are children excluded from these sites and those responsible for this exclusion claim it is for safety? Do these sites really think this would stop a determined blogger?
And why does the misbehavior of one tiny midget cause adults to equally blame those related, by blood or deed, to the troublemaker? Why does the irresponsibility of one tiny midget cause adults to think children are irresponsible and not trustworthy on the whole?
Why is it an adult's task to discipline the child, not vice versa? Adults surely make just as many, if not more, mistakes as a child? Why must an adult, when angry at some other person, take out their anger on a child? This is unfair beyond words; adults demand perfect obedience from their children; everlasting respect, even when they are making decisions of pure stupidity?
Why is it adults have the power to forbid the consuming of the following articles of food: ice cream, cake, and other vital, essential foods for children? Why is it adults have the power to force and punish, to shout and yell, etc.!!! We the United Association of Revolutionary Children, we of all races, wealth, and faith; let us rise up against those tyrants who hold us in bondage; let us have true freedom, and turn away from the paternalistic government of adults; let us have TRUE FREEDOM FOR ALL!!!
SIGNED,
Adora Svitak &
The Revolutionary Children of the United States of America
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