• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    This entire time I have never said a bad thing about Barron Trump. His future was not set for him. He could still be a decent person. But now that he is 18, and involved in the Republican party, he is fair game.

    Tiny Trump is Total Trash.

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      2 months ago

      I’m not gonna pretend he deserves anyone’s pity or that you should change your opinion here, but acting like 18 is some magic age where someone is suddenly completely responsible and free of childish impulses/problems is ridiculous. Society may need to set an age for accountability in a legal sense, but socially, humans just don’t work that way.

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        2 months ago

        At 18, he’s legally free to walk away from his shit-for-brains father and make his own choices.

        He chooses nepotism. He may not be totally mature, but they are his choice.

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          Also, why do we act like 18 is the magic minimum age when someone should know better? I remember being 15, 16, 17 and having a solid understanding of morals and how to participate in society. I wasn’t special.

          It’s not “You’re 18 now, so you should know better.” It’s “For fucks sake, you’re 18. You should have figured this shit out years ago.”

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          2 months ago

          He’d be free to walk, taking a leap into the unknown at the cost of losing almost everything he has. Expecting that sort of heroic act of him is not entirely reasonable.

          OTOH, judging by the photos, he does give off Brock Turner/Kyle Rittenhouse vibes. If, having grown up where he did, he turned out to be an aggressive predator, it would not be a huge surprise.

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            I’m almost certain he’d be able to land on his feet.

            Almost any publisher would pay rights for “growing up trump”, for example.

            I wouldn’t have expected him to totally walk away… but his choices are now his to make in a way they weren’t before.

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        2 months ago

        He’s not a minor anymore and he can make decisions to be in politics or not. That’s my point. He was totally unknown until now. I was HOPING he would disown his family. But, apparently they’re all insane.