content: This whole thing has bothered me from the beginning. I know a lot of people are saying she is a mouthpiece for somebody else. I'm not sure I believe that. She seems genuine enough. I think she is probably just a clever girl who gets it. She has the look of a girl who probably isn't the "popular type", and a lot of times kids this age who are scorned start to see the social machine for what it is - earlier than their peers do. She is probably cynical and has learned to harness humor to deal with some of the ugliness around her, and that's made her observant. I'd just prefer not to see people this age getting wrapped up in this shit. Not even just for their own sake. It's because I just don't really give a fuck about the opinions of someone that age. It doesn't even mean they don't get it right sometimes. It's just that until you've hit certain milestones in life, you have no concept of the real world. Go get your heart broken a few times, get married, learn what its like to slave at a job for 40-60 hours a week, learn what it is like existentially when the "world of possibilities" of youth gets narrower until you eventually hit that age when your path is set and you aren't going back, and there's no shield there stopping you from seeing your mortality - and the reality that brings to your picture of the world. Own some land. Have some kids. Then we'll talk. Until then, I'm not telling you to shut up. Fuck it, do your thing. I'm just saying no 14 year old is ever going to be a hero or an icon of mine. For adults to make that kind of figure out of her is kind of fucking pathetic to me. Pat her on the back, and then move on.