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-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.
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.