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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
People ought to be judged on the basis of their own merits, not as representatives of some class or category.
Like the list of reasons why protectionism is a good idea, I have to keep this short.
Still it’s been a rather remarkable experience watching people freak out over such an obviously correct point.
In fact, I thought I inoculated myself from the more ridiculous accusations in advance. But alas, what I thought was a feature of my column was for some its fatal flaw.
I’ve been writing about the inanity and jackassery of generational stereotyping and youth politics for literally 25 years, going all the way back to when I was a young twentysomething. But, apparently, that argument cannot be made independent of the Parkland kids because, in this moment, they are speaking for all youth and therefore, thanks to the transitive property of generational numinosity, any criticism of young people qua young people is “attacking” the Gun Control Youth League. Never mind that young people are a...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: People ought to be judged on the basis of their own merits, not as representatives of some class or category.
Like the list of reasons why protectionism is a good idea, I have to keep this short.
Still it’s been a rather remarkable experience watching people freak out over such an obviously correct point.
In fact, I thought I inoculated myself from the more ridiculous accusations in advance. But alas, what I thought was a feature of my column was for some its fatal flaw.
I’ve been writing about ... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
