For those of you that don’t know, I’m Justin H. “Real Teen” from Right on the Right. I have the unique priveledge of being the youngest member of The Wide Awakes, and I’ve now been added to the rotation. Considering TWA was one of the sites that got me politically motivated, this is a real honor. Read some of my stuff and it may come as a shock to some that I’m only 16 years old. I’m one of many American youth that is now Wide Awake.

I decided I would take my first post and focus it on my generation. We’re a generation of outcasts, druggies, goths, rednecks, preps, and geeks, but then again, which generation in the last 60 years hasn’t fit that profile. Do you want to know what’s different about my generation? We know what’s going on. Part of this can be contributed to the internet, and other parts can be contributed to talk radio and more cable news channels, but none of those things truely explain the political awakening in my generation. One day woke up my generation, and that day was September 11th.

I was only in 6th grade and although I was bright, I was utterly confused about what was going on. All I knew was that people were dead, and somebody attacked us. Not having to deal with an attack on America before (having been too young to remember other terrorist attacks), I wanted to know who our enemy was and why they attacked us. I woke up. I was one of many, and those who didn’t wake up to global events would soon, as America went to war. Many teens I know agree with the Iraq War, and countless others disagree. One things for certain though, and that’s that more of America’s youth care now than 10 years ago. We are perhaps the most politically active generation since the 60s, but most of us are on the other side of the spectrum.

We stand up to the rhetoric, debate our teachers, answer our critics, and stand for our principles. We are the enlightened, intelligent, awoken generation. Sean Allen recorded Jay Bennish and argued with him in class, students complained about liberal propoganda films in the classroom, and college Republicans stood up against illegal immigration. This is the awoken generation. A lot of America is still sleeping, but I am one of the many in my generation moving quickly to wake them up. Consider me the teen ambassador to The Wide Awakes.

Said RealTeen @ 6:00 am | Permalink   

1. And you also conducted yourself very well on Rush Limbaugh last year.

   Glad to see you in the rotation!

   Comment by Mike's America — 6/1/2006 @ 8:37 pm

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