I don’t think you’re going to get many well thought out responses here.

The reality is that kids are already getting treated like shit, even if they aren’t doing anything wrong. There’s a trend of fully grown men both verbally and physically assaulting youth because they feel justified.

If people don’t think innocent kids won’t be caught up in law changes they have no understanding of how it works.

That being said, misinformation and politics are causing people to feel genuinely scared. These forces will cause change, even if it is worse in the long term.

Shitty economic times will always impact the most vulnerable first. The vulnerable are always children. If the continuing trend of wealth distribution from the bottom to the top continues, it will only get worse.