You know, 18-24 year olds are the least likely to vote.

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL things unholy, prove me wrong…

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    5 months ago

    Except OP didn’t say they DON’T vote. They said they were LEAST LIKELY to, which you just confirmed with data.

    So either you and OP are both ageist for pointing that out or neither of you are.

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      5 months ago

      Read the next sentence in their post.

      Recognizing a fact, and being like that….

      Particularly when you consider the difficulties to voting in that phase of life- most are students, mostly at college, and may not have the ability to return home to vote (or get registered to vote in the state they’re in,) and absentee voting is frequently made extremely difficult.

      Not to mention they also frequently have jobs as well as school and simply don’t have time.

      But of course? It’s their fault regardless of reasons.

      It’s factually accurate to say black people are convicted of more petty crimes than white people. Would you tell black people to just do less crime? Or would you recognize that a large part of that is systemic racism in policing and the courts leading to much heavier police presence in predominantly black neighborhoods?