What were you doing at 11? You were in middle school, terrified of beginning puberty, proclaiming that ‘boys/girls are disgusting’, and probably picking your nose or something. Most 11-year-olds are exclusively doing these things.
But every now and then there’s one that you’re all like, ‘bloody hell, this kid’s likely gonna change the world!’ and you desperately hope that if you spawn someday, it turns out as good as them.
Like the 11 year old daughter of two loving mothers, Isabella, who spoke tonight on Channel 10‘s The Project. She read out a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, shutting him the fuck down over his same-sex marriage plebiscite.
ICYMI: 11-year-old Isabella Mills reads out her letter about the plebiscite on #MarriageEquality #TheProjectTV
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— #TheProjectTV (@theprojecttv) January 28, 2016
Here’s her letter in full:
Dear Mr Malcolm Turnbull,My name is Isabella. I am an 11 year old girl and I have gay parents (two Mums).
I am struggling to see a point in the plebiscite that you are holding in 2017. It is a complete waste of time, money, and will most certainly fracture some of the positive views that people have about you. That 160 million dollars that you are willing to waste on a pointless plebiscite is totally unnecessary. I mean, the public has already expressed their views and made it quite clear that they want same-sex marriage for Australia. I may not be the Prime Minister, but even I know that Australian could use that money elsewhere.If an 11 year old girl can see that, why can’t you?
All the homeless people you walk past on the streets treasure the few pennies they possess while you are ready to throw millions of dollars right down the drain. And you say you want to help our community. You might be fooling the rest of the country but you are not fooling me.
And Isabella says she’ll ‘keep on sending it until he gets the message’.
ELEVEN. SHE’S ELEVEN.
#IsabellaForPM
Source: The Project.
