Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Stupid.
California lawmakers propose lowering voting age to 14 for state elections
14 year olds voting? What a stupid idea. The critic that this article cites that says "There's a reason why 14-year-olds and 16-year-olds don't vote. They are not adults. They are not mature enough. They are easily deceived by political charlatans." is absolutely right. It takes emotional and intellectual maturity to take a stand on an issue and exercise the duties of citizenship responsibly.
There may be some exceptions out there (maybe), but I can certainly say that at 14, in the 8th and 9th grades, I was not ready to be voting. I wasn't ready for much of anything, I was still growing up. I think that this is true of most teenagers.
Lawmakers should instead be concerned about teaching students important subjects like history so that future citizens can make decisions with some sort of context and not entirely based on emotion and innuendo.
14 year olds voting? What a stupid idea. The critic that this article cites that says "There's a reason why 14-year-olds and 16-year-olds don't vote. They are not adults. They are not mature enough. They are easily deceived by political charlatans." is absolutely right. It takes emotional and intellectual maturity to take a stand on an issue and exercise the duties of citizenship responsibly.
There may be some exceptions out there (maybe), but I can certainly say that at 14, in the 8th and 9th grades, I was not ready to be voting. I wasn't ready for much of anything, I was still growing up. I think that this is true of most teenagers.
Lawmakers should instead be concerned about teaching students important subjects like history so that future citizens can make decisions with some sort of context and not entirely based on emotion and innuendo.
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