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Source: https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1547364174124224521
She brought the fire
I hope it got through to them
Couldn't find any info on who this is.
Can't reform the police if the people in charge don't take action.
The InContext YouTube page is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toTZ2VmV4sY
Happy edit:
@mayorofdrixdale found out who she is:
"Her name is Naira Tamminga. https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/i-am-frustrated-gr-teens-powerful-speech-at-city-meeting-goes-viral/"
Wanna give their comment an upvote? Find it here: https://imgur.com/gallery/GOHseqx/comment/2247738629
Midgarmerc
Guarantee you there's people mocking this girl just like they mock Greta Thunberg for daring to be a young activist.
sherlockhooves
Every. Single. Sentence. Was. Perfect! The snapping was so distracting though. Y'all ain't at a poetry slam, cry out with indignation!
Skizzlesnap
Exactly. The snapping “applause” is so annoying.
needtodolaundry
I have such admiration for that kiddo. I hope she keeps that passion and uses it.
AnonOmis1000
I'm a fucking full-grown adult and I can not get through a sentence without tripping over my tongue.
angrytransgirl
I'm pretty good in my mother tongue but this kid has got me floored.
TCGView
That young girl absolutely wrecked them. I hope she ends up in leadership.
RetrogradeLlama
Burn. They probably still won't do anything, but she took them to task for it. They get to at least let it haunt them at night now.
Imalwaysready
It's cute that you think they have consciences enough to ever think of this ever again or let it bother them at night or any other time.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
I want a world where teenagers are annoying know-it-alls with horrible taste in music. Fuck this world right now.
Bugguts1957
I hope we still have free elections when she gets old enough to vote. The people she is talking to should be afraid
Bartheda
That would be the reason they are desperately trying to remove free elections in the USA it seems. It could happen here too.
aaaaaandimdone
I hope she goes into politics when she's of age. Libs need more people with spines, like her.
TalkingSnake
2B4U
Thoughts and prayers
Angel337
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Carl99
Serious question, are stores actually starting to do this in the US?
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
As a City High alum, I'm glad to see the kids there are still pretty great.
Hawkgirl203
Holy shit. She’s good.
WoodHandle
OMG that girl is awesome.
moochie8ter
I can't believe that this girl is 13, she speaks like a 40 year old with experience. We will see her again in the future no doubt about it.
drduffer
The primary ethnic group among white Grand Rapids are Dutch Christian Reformed-these are the same people who settled in South Africa. FYI. >
drduffer
> I grew up 50 miles South of there and they are as conservative and racist as you can imagine they’d be with that cultural history. ⬆️
smorsdoeuvres
Gracious shes right, so beautiful how she shines her light. May the bridges she burns light the way.
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wiltsjunk
Man she's pretty goddamn articulate for 13. I hope she grows up to be a lawyer or a civic leader or something
iusedtodream
I hope she gets to grow up.
Scahrossar
Yes, the point is she shouldn't have to tho. She's fuckin 13.
azgrak
In a perfect world colleges across the nation would be beating down her door to offer scholarships.
sandwiches
Not just articulate but charismatic with a crazy strong presence.
KevorkianScarf
I know she said she has better things to do, but this girl is more adult, articulate, & intelligent than 99% of the politicians out there.
Heavenissize17socks
I weep for those who would seek to oppose her.
Isaymeanthings
Yeah lets watch the 13 year old fight the good fight while we watch. Fuck yeah.
Heavenissize17socks
(If I had any doubts about my place in this war, no more! I'm not gonna stand by and watch as my country is misruled by asshats!)
Harryteeters
Muzfish4
Everything she says is correct. The people to whom she says it are extremely unlikely to change the system in which they are embedded.
troyandabedpostoniiiiimgur
"that kids got hormone problems, she'll understand when shes older"
GanjaPlanet
Calling them accomplices to murderers to their face was the ballsiest truth telling I’ve witnessed in a good while. Fantastic raw outrage.
or0b0ur0s
"Accessories after the fact" might be even more correct, but she's certainly on the right track.
sevenfingers
It's so fuckin sad that we have failed our kids this bad.
Mazena
Wow. She's a really good at articulating her point even though she's being frustrated and pissed. She's pretty amazing.
MeowMachine12
Right, I was thinking how hard it would be for me as a 30 year old women who IS articulate to not get so angry I swear or raise my voice.
mayorofdrixdale
Her name is Naira Tamminga. https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/i-am-frustrated-gr-teens-powerful-speech-at-city-meeting-goes-viral/
RedNightHawk
Thank you!
Btch128
GenX and Millenials had their innocence taken. These kids never got that chance. They're going to be the reckoning and I'm for it.
PinPointSnarkuracy
If they had to burn the world down around them as the only means of affecting change... All I'd say is "yeah, that's fair."
Btch128
I'll hand them the fucking matches and lighter fluid to do it too.
TheMightyMoto
She is def going places, I wish her luck.
theoriginalandbestddps
Future squad member vibes
gtollie
Wow! She’s extremely well spoken & articulate for 13. And fearless! You can’t teach that in public speaking class .. she’s a natural leader.
CandyBling
Fuck yea. She’s young but still has the knowledge to separate feelings from her point. She’s only been on the planet 13 years!!! I’m in awe.
Richter12x2
Sure, she's going to jail on make believe charges just as soon as they look her up in their system.
grandestgrandeur
The balls on this girl! Hopefully she’s another AOC and goes into politics. Thats the thing the GOP is afraid of now. That these kids 1/2
grandestgrandeur
Will remove their bigotted fossilized asses from power and finally DRAG this country into the new, more progressive future. 2/2
Heavenissize17socks
This is why Desantis ispressuring for private schools. He wants to make sure the ones that get this level of education are the 'right type'
dontrike
And likely the "right" skin color too.
tarnok
They're the same picture.jpg
ProppaGanda
Knowing the history she's going on FBI list to be assassinated in 5 years
Blink4yes
You mean, if she is not getting shot at 22 while she sleeps?
IainG101
Not sure they'll let her get to 22.....
dhtv
A brilliant mind like hers should not be worrying about her own country working against her. Pro-lifers talk all this good shit about 1/?
dhtv
unborn babies curing cancer but this mind is way advanced, and yet, we risk it being ended by injustice. This is sickening, what a mind 2/?
Bartheda
That is just their empty rhetoric they like to justify the horrible shit they do to people. They know full well what they are doing.
dhtv
like hers has to endure. I just don’t get what my country is doing to itself.
IAmGORT
Let's hope she & many more passionate intelligent people like her live long enough to affect the system, either by taking public office or>
IAmGORT
by attaining a position of power in journalism, human rights movement etc. Good people can do good things IF you help them. Vote bad >>>
IAmGORT
people Out of positions of power and vote IN people like her. Actors who know what needs to be done, who have lived this reality & have a>>
IAmGORT
vision for the way moving forward. Leaving the status quo isn't doing anything, people are dying at the hands of bigoted, extremely poorly>
IAmGORT
trained law enforcement personnel. This needs to change. It took me 3 yrs of higher education and training to become a Police Officer>>
IAmGORT
The next 30yrs Service also required continuous training ( in my field) sadly the loss of a brother, also a cop killed in the line if duty>>
KodiakDDS
This generation is gonna do great shit
DontPutThatInThere
Gotta get the boomers and older Gen X out of office first, but yeah. They got the right drive
steelinmyhead
Sure couldn’t do any worse. ?
AmZero85
At least they won't have boomers around blocking and mocking for very long, like us millennials.
Nengex
I'm a millennial. You know where the fuckup was? We thought we could negotiate with them. We thought we could come to an agreement. 1/2
Nengex
We could not and we can't. There is only those who want to kill us, and those we have to defend. Fuck the boomers who supported this shit.
AmZero85
I remember my liberal boomer college professor who was absolutely flabbergasted that our gen didn't protest Iraq like they did Vietnam.
AmZero85
We were scared shitless after 9/11. We were trying to make sense of a whole new world. We thought "going with the plan" would work.
literallymike
If she were old enough to run, I'd vote for her.
ElDrmm
When* and yes, do it
DeathLemons
Considering she has 100x more intelligence than half the senate I say let her run.
parkerh17
Y'know it is funny the main concern with letting super young adults or even teens hold office is a worry abt lack of lived experience >
parkerh17
Causing them to not consider certain drawbacks to legislation but somehow I feel like if you replaced the current congress with a bunch of>
parkerh17
Teens, the teens would be more likely to consult experts on matters with which they lack insight than the smug assholes we have now.