The Remarkable Cameron Kasky
March For Our Lives founder leaves the group, regrets trying to āembarrassā Rubio - Miami Herald
Excerpt (Cameron to Fox News Radio): āThis summer when March For Our Lives went on the summer tour that we embarked on I met that person in Texas who got that semi-automatic weapon because thatās how they like to protect their family,ā Kasky told Fox. āI met the 50-some-odd percent of women who are pro-life, even though I thought it was preposterous that a woman could be pro-life and not pro-choice at the time. I learned that a lot of our issues politically come from a lack of understanding of other perspectives and also the fact that so often young conservatives and young liberals will go into debate, like I said earlier, trying to beat the other one as oppose to come to an agreement... Iām working on some efforts to encourage bipartisanship or at least discussion that is productive and help a lot of people avoid the mistakes that I made.ā
Bottom Line: Iāve often said that lifeās greatest irony is that the more you learn and the more intelligent you become, the more you realize how little you know. Cameron Kasky appears to have already figured that out. Pretty impressive. Make no mistake, politically thereās a good deal of distance between us but I suspect that Cameron will continue to learn and grow just as the rest of us hopefully are as well.
His story reminds me of a critical moment in my effort to harness analytical thought. It was when my debate coach challenged me to argue the opposite of my actual beliefs. It forced me to consider the other side as comprehensively as Iād understood my actual position on issues. It didnāt change my core beliefs, those are with God, but it made me stronger as an analytical thinker and helped provide a path towards being open-minded with strong convictions. Iāve found that my beliefs and my convictions became even stronger because Iād truly vetted the alternative positions. Like for example my belief in God.
Iāve studied every possibility, sought any explanation thatād explain something other than a creator and guess what. There isnāt an answer. Atheism is a belief system no different than a belief in God but without any possible answers. That always upsets those without faith but itās an indisputable statement. But thatās part of the bigger point here. Back to Cameron.
In the interest of politics, many on the left latched onto these kids, full of emotion, short on life experience and vulnerable. They rode them, and continue to, as is convenient to attempt to exact political outcomes that they themselves often arenāt even able to vote for, let alone truly comprehend. Rather than being the coach that taught them to consider why there may be some that view issues differently, they preyed on them with myopic thought. Cameronās figured it out, Iām interested to speak with him and figure out exactly how & why. Hopefully, others will too. Because hereās the thing, I pray for the atheists that loathe me when I talk about God because I want whatās best for them. Just as Cameron has figured out that many women believe itās a baby, not just a fetus in a womb.
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