Emma Gonzalez @NeverAgain with her puppy.

[ffr]

@Emma4Change and a puppy, what more do you want?

Link to tweet

What is unclear is if it's Misty, the puppy named after their H.S. MSD (Marjory Stoneman Douglas)

[Scurrilous]

1. K&R

[RestoreAmerica2020]

2. What a sweet pic. Emma Gonzalez, already a leader in democratic party.

Well, that is, I hope she"ll register as a dem!

Ps thanks for post! :

[brer cat]

4. That she is.

Anyone selling these teens short is a fool. We went to the Women's March in Asheville, NC, and it was also organized by high school students. I don't think that generation is waiting around for the older folks to get their acts together.

[Bonx]

11. she should run for a locl office!

[crazycatlady]

10. She's 18

So I hope she's already registered (as a Dem).

[gademocrat7]

3. K&R!

[mcar]

5. That puppy!

And that brave young woman!

[calimary]

6. What more do I want? I want her to be a United States Senator someday!

Or higher.

[pangaia]

8. I could have said this as a reply to any number of posts, but... I'' mention it here....

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No special reason I picked now.....

I have seen quite a few comments about. I hope emma is president, or I hope emma is a senator some day, or I hope emma registers democrat, or.. quite a few other things..

I understand the sentiment...

But you know,, I hope emma is able to choose to do whatever she wants to do and/or loves to do with her life. And I hope she is happy in her life and safe in her life and has a life full of the love she deserves.

I ask nothing from her.

Maybe I will make that idea an OP. What do you think?

[calimary]

13. For me, it's not just her. It's David Hogg and several other bright, articulate young Americans

who are either approaching voting age, or already there. I hope they vote. I hope they remain passionate and committed about this issue. And yeah, I hope their paths lead them to decisions to get more deeply involved - in community, city, state, or national leadership. They're our farm team for the future. Of course they have to decide on that kind of mission for themselves, but I hope some of them decide to run for office. I will be there to support them if/when they do.

[pangaia]

16. I agree with you on this.

Although I KNOW what you mean when you say "They're our farm team for the future." I understand that,
but...ummm.. I do not say things well...... OK,...very subtle thing...... they are not ours (and I don't mean to infer that you really mean they 'belong to us.' Of course not.). But, I also feel more strongly that they belong to themselves first. I think you probably agree..


Maybe I am coming from the place of....

Well, I know several quite brilliant young (early 30's) classical musicians who are making very successful careers for themselves in the world of international concertizing. One in particular. Aside from the pressures of always needing to perform at the very peak of her ability, there are management issues, constant traveling, the politics of this field, (To say nothing of the fact that everywhere she goes she has a 4-6 million dollar Stradivarius strapped to her back.)

Her life is made all the more difficult by everybody wanting 'a piece of her.' It must be exhausting, the constant pulling at her.

I first met her almost three years ago at a music festival in Portugal and the circumstances were such that she invited me to dinner- just she and I. She is that kind and gracious and unassuming woman. Since then, I have been very fortunate to have heard her all over the world and usually am able to go back stage and say hi and share a hug after the concert. I do not need any more. Just her music and her 'inner presence.'.

I often 'want' the whole world to know of her. She is that special, and the world will be the better for it. And one day the world will know. But, I would want more that she finds what SHE wants, what she needs, whether it is playing at the Concertgebouw, or in a mountain village in Mexico, or a school for blind children in Korea.

Maybe that is something of how I feel about Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, and the other wonderful young people.

On the other hand, two of the three musicians of whom I speak are actually quite shy. I do not think Emma or David are shy one bit.

Eh, I am just different, a different drummer, always have been...


Maybe I'm just blowing smoke on a snowy night...

[calimary]

17. Meh - you're not blowing smoke, my friend.

That's a most worthy anecdote.

I sometimes think in overly broad terms, but then again, sometimes I think of ANY child in my care as MINE. No matter that they have their own caring and devoted parents. When my kids were young and they had friends over or I was driving them all somewhere, or any of that, the minute they came into my orbit, they were MINE. I felt very protective and proprietary about them. Whether it was Cub Scouts or karate class or carpool, if I were the parent of record at that time, then they were, for all intents and purposes, MINE.

I find myself thinking that broadly about these wonderful kids - David, and Emma, and Cameron Kasky, and Tanzil Philip, and Melanie Weber, and Lorenzo Prado, and Samantha Fuentes, and Ryan Dietsch, and Delaney Tarr, and Alfonzo Calderon, and Kevin Trejos, and Chris Grady, and Adam Alhanti, and Sheryl Aquaroli, and all the other heroic young Stoneman Douglas High School students who've spoken up, spoken truth to power, shown extraordinary and exemplary courage and discipline and sense of commitment and poise - and have become volunteer leaders in this new mission. I was so impressed watching the coverage and watching these remarkable kids that I started making note of their names to remember them for later (when some of them might just be tempted to go all out and run for office).

As a mother, one of my biggest prevailing takeaways was - "you DON'T reward or reinforce bad behavior. You reward and reinforce GOOD behavior."

I intend to remember the names of these kids because when (and I'm certain, with at least a few of them, that it WILL be "when," and not "if" ) some of them decide to run for office, I plan to have campaign donations ready to go.

[pangaia]

18. Beautifully said.

You're much better at it than I am.

My ex-wife remarried and we are still good friends.
Whenever I visit her and her (now) 5 year old is with me, he is MY responsibility. And I will protect him with my life,. Of course, he is great at Tae Kwon Do, so maybe he will have to protect me.

I feel a responsibility to 'help and protect' my violinist friend as well. Circumstances are such that I am in a position to do so, in a very small way, although she will never know. In her universe of people I am a tiny moon, circling a small planet in a galaxy far, far away, just some guy from upstate NY. (I mean she plays concerts with the likes of Valery Gergiev and Myung Whun Chung. Who am I ??) Her 'teacher/mentor' knows what I do, but I told him please do not tell her. It will just add to her burden.

There is a similar thing with these students, in a way. We can help them, overtly, but also even unbeknownst to them. Our feeling helps them, even our invisible posts here.

I will also donate when the time comes.

[fantase56]

7. I am SOOOOO in love with the courage of this young woman!!!!

so much courage!!!

[Cha]

9. Puppy Love!

Thanks, ffr

[NewJeffCT]

12. adorable picture

and, the RW is criticizing her over it of course

[Yavin4]

14. Future governor of the great state of Florida

Question is, does Florida deserve her?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. We're due for some great leadership.

So, yes.