Austin Franco’s parents have decided to kick him out of their home.

In a just and normal society, one that still functioned as a nation rather than a managed dystopia, parents would be proud of a son who walked onto a national platform, stood his ground, and refused to recant what he knows to be true. They would recognize that, above every other consideration, he is their son, and the integrity under pressure he has shown is something of great honor.

We have watched the opposite reaction play out countless times when a person announces they are transgender, or begins publicly promoting degeneracy and political violence. In those cases, both leftist and conservative parents routinely fall back on the same script: “That’s still my child. I’ll always love my kid.” The blood connection is treated as inviolable.

However, the moment the subject turns to criticism of Zionism, jewish power as a whole, or simply pride in one’s own people, all of that vanishes. Suddenly the same parents discover principles firm enough to throw their own child onto the street. Austin is now being displaced for the crime of saying aloud what many already believe in private. Furthermore, conservatives are happy to support that he be made unemployable.

This is exactly the moment the broader cause is tested. Austin has already done his part by refusing to fold on camera. The responsibility now falls on the rest of us. We either demonstrate that we take care of our own and that our networks are capable of supporting people who pay a real price, or we prove the opposite. There is no third option.

He still has a long road of development ahead of him as an advocate. That is not a criticism on my part, it is simply reality. What matters is that the people who claim to share his core convictions now meet the obligation that comes with those convictions. Support him. Offer to house him if necessary. Mentor him. Show his parents, and everyone watching, that the cost of speaking was not isolation, but the discovery of a community that actually means what it says.

Austin stood up. The rest is on us.

Sources:
•https://x.com/austinfranco123/status/2082426805043040598?s=46&t=0aJByRqtDgj9vIXY6MdgmA
•https://www.givesendgo.com/austin-franco-kicked-out-of-home?utm_source=share
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