I don't think he should have been politicized by the right any more than the other kids were politicized by the left. I do think the folks who are pointing out the problem of the school forcing kids into the position where "you WILL have an opinion one way or the other--and demonstrate it whether you want to or not" have a point.

If they’ve already labeled the cafeteria kids as ‘pro-other side’, he might not have wanted to be labeled in that camp either.

From one interview I read, that was exactly the case.