You know what? I'm actually fine with this. Hopefully, he has some fun and feels like he's doing something important.
The problem is? There is a statistically significant chance that by the time he's 14 he will be having some fun and feeling like he's doing something important by spitting on Mexican classmates.
Cite your stats on this. Oh, you don't have any? You just pulled them out of some dark place on your person? Got it.
People have a need to believe that they are part of something bigger than themselves. If my son had a hot chocolate stand, I'd prefer a different cause for the money to go for, but if this floats his boat, let him do so.
When I was in college (I was a Poli Sci Major), we were taught that party identification begins at an early age; that a kid knew he/she was a Democrat/Republican by age 6, even if that kid had no Earthly idea what that meant. I knew by age 6 that I was a Democrat; my parents and my Grandmother were Democrats, and standard liberal Democrats at that. By the time I was a teenager, Republicans were the enemy. and I was reflecting, for the most part, my parents' views of poltiics; liberal Democrats that supported American institutions such as the military, the police, etc. My years as a Democratic activist were years where I tended to support the more conservative Democrats in the primary, but I was pretty partisan. It was only in my thirties that I began to significantly change, politically. I saw the Democrats espousing positions that, however well-meaning, undercut the institution of the nuclear family, and I became less and less able to defend being part of a party that progressively rejected the idea of a pro-life Democrat. Even at that, I was (and, surprisingly, still am) a rather nominal Republican. It is only in recent months that I have come to more or less identify as a Republican; this is mostly due to the nature of the opposition to Trump, which I view as anti-democratic (as opposed to Trump, who I have come view as unappreciative of a good part of democracy, sad to say).
Who knows how this kid will turn out? Hillary (gag) was a Goldwater Girl. Herman Badillo died a Republican, but he was the first Puerto Rican member of Congress and the most liberal Mayoral candidate in the 1973 Mayoral race. All of their parents instilled political values in them. Should we let this kid wait until he can log onto Atlas to develop his values? Now THERE'S a scary proposition. He'll be The Echo Chamber Boy. Super!
