jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoJD Vance’s child-voting “experiment” would be great—for Democratswww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThe minute a baby pops out of the womb, it has the right to vote. It will not be able to exercise that right until it can hold a pencil, but it theoretically has the right, and it can vote as soon as it’s decided it wants to participate in politics.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoWhen you say “hold a pencil”…. Do you mean simply holding it? Can some one help put it in their hand? Do they have to scribble be able to scribble something? Can some one help with that? What about the very old people who need some help with the pencil? And this is ignoring the fact that a baby obviously cannot understand the implications of voting. Same too with a toddler (most of whom can in fact “hold a pencil” Edit, this is also ignoring the simple fact that children are represented; they simply cannot choose that representation.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoUtter nonsense. I already feel like I’m surrounded by children in this conversation.
The minute a baby pops out of the womb, it has the right to vote. It will not be able to exercise that right until it can hold a pencil, but it theoretically has the right, and it can vote as soon as it’s decided it wants to participate in politics.
When you say “hold a pencil”…. Do you mean simply holding it? Can some one help put it in their hand?
Do they have to scribble be able to scribble something? Can some one help with that?
What about the very old people who need some help with the pencil?
And this is ignoring the fact that a baby obviously cannot understand the implications of voting.
Same too with a toddler (most of whom can in fact “hold a pencil”
Edit, this is also ignoring the simple fact that children are represented; they simply cannot choose that representation.
Utter nonsense. I already feel like I’m surrounded by children in this conversation.