Glenn Harlan Reynolds wants to change the voting age to 25. Says people too fragile to handle diff

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opinions are too fragile to participate in politics. Mr Reynolds is a UT law professor, famed author of The New School: How The Information Age Will Save American Education and a member of USA Today's contributing editors. He says he was all for changing the voting age to 18 and wrote in support of it in 1971 but in retrospect that was a mistake. That change was driven by Vietnam whereas people old enough to die for their country should have the vote. But he says youngsters were far more mature then. But whatever one would say of 18 year olds then, it is obvious the 18 year old of today is unable to hold an adult political conversation, nor listen to opposing arguments not to mention, as he is doing in this very article, change your mind in response to new evidence.

Further as Reason's Robby Soave notes: student demands for "safe spaces" boils down to a demand that universities fulfill the role of mommy and daddy. That practice went out about 1971 and now students are desperate to be treated like children again. He also cites non-student 18 to 30 year olds living at home at record rates. Almost half of males that age are and the rate of females is up more than 30% since those days. "It's bad enough to have to treat college students like children but it is intolerable to be governed by spoiled children" says Reynolds.

 

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opinions are too fragile to participate in politics. Mr Reynolds is a UT law professor, famed author of The New School: How The Information Age Will Save American Education and a member of USA Today's contributing editors. He says he was all for changing the voting age to 18 and wrote in support of it in 1971 but in retrospect that was a mistake. That change was driven by Vietnam whereas people old enough to die for their country should have the vote. But he says youngsters were far more mature then. But whatever one would say of 18 year olds then, it is obvious the 18 year old of today is unable to hold an adult political conversation, nor listen to opposing arguments not to mention, as he is doing in this very article, change your mind in response to new evidence.

Further as Reason's Robby Soave notes: student demands for "safe spaces" boils down to a demand that universities fulfill the role of mommy and daddy. That practice went out about 1971 and now students are desperate to be treated like children again. He also cites non-student 18 to 30 year olds living at home at record rates. Almost half of males that age are and the rate of females is up more than 30% since those days. "It's bad enough to have to treat college students like children but it is intolerable to be governed by spoiled children" says Reynolds.

Sure, I'm all for that as long as people over 70 lose the right to vote since medical evidence indicates those older than 70 are far more likely to have dementia and/or Alzheimer's than those under the age of 70. And those with Alzheimer's and/or dementia are incapable of making rational decisions. Thanks for the idea, Chicken Little!

 

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Sure, I'm all for that as long as people over 70 lose the right to vote since medical evidence indicates those older than 70 are far more likely to have dementia and/or Alzheimer's than those under the age of 70. And those with Alzheimer's and/or dementia are incapable of making rational decisions. Thanks for the idea, Chicken Little!

When I was a kid there was a complete freaking nut case (ex-military like you) who lived about a mile down the road, one of those people whom you couldn't tell if he were drunk or sober. He would walk down the road cussing anything and everything, talking to himself. He even thought the birds were after him. In any event his old house was on a red clay hill with clods the size of a pie mellon. We would park our bikes and sneak across the road from his house and lob those red clay clods onto his roof and he would go crazy. Only problem is he had a pack of bad azz dogs and we would have to run for our lives. You are about as much fun and as a bonus you don't have a pack of hounds at your disposal! LOL! BTW, he was on VA disability.............

 

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When I was a kid there was a complete freaking nut case (ex-military like you) who lived about a mile down the road, one of those people whom you couldn't tell if he were drunk or sober. He would walk down the road cussing anything and everything, talking to himself. He even thought the birds were after him. In any event his old house was on a red clay hill with clods the size of a pie mellon. We would park our bikes and sneak across the road from his house and lob those red clay clods onto his roof and he would go crazy. Only problem is he had a pack of bad azz dogs and we would have to run for our lives. You are about as much fun and as a bonus you don't have a pack of hounds at your disposal! LOL!

Cool story, bro.

 

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opinions are too fragile to participate in politics. Mr Reynolds is a UT law professor, famed author of The New School: How The Information Age Will Save American Education and a member of USA Today's contributing editors. He says he was all for changing the voting age to 18 and wrote in support of it in 1971 but in retrospect that was a mistake. That change was driven by Vietnam whereas people old enough to die for their country should have the vote. But he says youngsters were far more mature then. But whatever one would say of 18 year olds then, it is obvious the 18 year old of today is unable to hold an adult political conversation, nor listen to opposing arguments not to mention, as he is doing in this very article, change your mind in response to new evidence.

Further as Reason's Robby Soave notes: student demands for "safe spaces" boils down to a demand that universities fulfill the role of mommy and daddy. That practice went out about 1971 and now students are desperate to be treated like children again. He also cites non-student 18 to 30 year olds living at home at record rates. Almost half of males that age are and the rate of females is up more than 30% since those days. "It's bad enough to have to treat college students like children but it is intolerable to be governed by spoiled children" says Reynolds.

Then joining the military should be 25 as well. They should at least have the right to vote for or against someone who would send them into war.

 

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Then joining the military should be 25 as well. They should at least have the right to vote for or against someone who would send them into war.

The law professor cited above ought to know better. The only way to change an amendment to the Constitution would be to enact another amendment to the Constitution, as happened with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. I seriously doubt a two-thirds majority of Congress or two-thirds of state legislatures would disenfranchise voters.

 

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The law professor cited above ought to know better. The only way to change an amendment to the Constitution would be to enact another amendment to the Constitution, as happened with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. I seriously doubt a two-thirds majority of Congress or two-thirds of state legislatures would disenfranchise voters.

Oh I agree with you on all of this. Just pointing out, there's 2 sides.