Posted on 03/04/2018 9:25:53 AM PST by Trump20162020
The young people who have come forward to call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at their high school in Parkland, Fla., are challenging the tiresome stereotype of American kids as indolent narcissists whose brains have been addled by smartphones. They offer an inspiring example of thoughtful, eloquent protest.
Unfortunately, when it comes to electing lawmakers whose decisions about gun control and other issues affect their lives, these high schoolers lack any real power. This needs to change: The federal voting age in the United States should be lowered from 18 to 16.
Skeptics will no doubt raise questions about the competence of 16-year-olds to make informed choices in the voting booth. Arent young people notoriously impulsive and hotheaded, their brains not fully developed enough to make good judgments?
Yes and no. When considering the intellectual capacity of teenagers, it is important to distinguish between what psychologists call cold and hot cognition.
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Bullsh*t, We need to go back to just Property Owners being allowed to Vote, like it was.
Raise the voting age to 45. Unless you voluntarily serve in the military, then it stays 18 for you.
The New York Times is totally screwed up here.
The voting age should be three months.
Last month — Congress considers legislation to keep teens from eating Tide Pods.
This month — Congress should listen to teens for advice on gun control.
What’s wrong with this picture?
It started before that, in the 19th century when fathers started to be marginalized from their families, which was Stage One.
Suffrage was Stage Two.
Lower it to birth. Planned parenthood would be ruined
There is a French old adage which says “I am too old to know everything”.
But of course, the NYT talking heads are too stupid to understand such eternal facts.
We should raise the voting age to 27.
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Either lower the age for everything to 18 or raise the voting age to 21.
Age as solitary voting criteria is senseless.
There are other criteria that should be basic. Citizenship is a good one. I like land ownership.
If you’re liberal you want them to vote before reality strikes.
Once people start working, paying taxes, getting 401k with employer matching, and understanding how life works for adults, they are less likely to vote D.
And seeing how regulations affect business vs what they’ve been told about regulations saving the planet or reducing income inequality, may get them to question D policies across the board.
Get them to “pick a team” before they are aware of what the team actually stands for and it’s more likely they will ignore facts since the alternative is to question their previous party/team decision.
We should lower the voting age to 16 because 16 year olds agree with the Slimes.
What if they didn’t agree with you Slimes? Would you still want them voting then?
The motive behind this crazy idea is the same as the push for open borders with the intention of finding ways to let illegals vote for Democrats at election time. The plan is to steal the nation from legal citizens through the illegal vote along with giving the vote to under aged children who have shown that they are exhibitionists looking for stardom in front of TV cameras. Look at those supporting and pushing forward these kids whose brains will not be developed for another few years and you see exactly what the left is doing.
No one receiving welfare should vote
Liberals believe that the voting age should be whatever best benefits Liberals at any given time.
You are born as a LIBERAL because someone takes care of you completely for the first 12-16 years of your life - you are dependent on the providers. This is why the LIBTARDS want to ensare them at such a young age - the sugar daddy RAT party will give you everything!!! Isn’t that what Santa Obie ran on? Many people get married and raise little kids and decide they have to take on their own responsibilities - thus seeing their way to conservatism. I maintain no one is born a CONSERVATIVE.
From what I see, 16-year-olds can't get off their phones, eat Tide PODS and get addlepated over something as simple as their own gender.
“Why The New York Times Should Be Torn Down /s”
Why the sarc tag? Ann Coulter suggested that Tim McVeigh should have parked his Ryder Truck in front of the NY Times instead of the Murrow bldg.
Yeah - the "manipulated by an immortal demon" part does ring true. And the tall one looks sort of like a younger David Hogg.
No.
Just like auto insurance policies, they don’t drop the rates until you hit 25.
They do this for a reason.
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