#notallisismen

I...I got nothing.

Absolutely. I want Hillary to be the nominee, and then the president. But if the cost of that is disenfranchising voters, that’s a cost too high for me.

yes, also i think if you old enough to vote, you old enough to smoke and drink.

Oh sure! I’m just confused about how this post became about this particular election instead of the more interesting connections in recent news, for example, that cigarette article. I’m guessing the desire for clicks? I’d just like a more nuanced article about adulthood, since we’re constantly grappling with that.

Vodka ok?

at least give kids a drink first

I can’t prove it and so I’m gonna sound like a conspiracy nut but I don’t think dude has an actual throat or digestive system.

Candy and the brand new shag carpeting in their van.

I think there’s an argument to be made that if 18 year olds who want to vote in November can’t participate fully in their first election if they can’t participate in the primaries for that election.

Plus if you stood close enough to you could catch all the cookie pieces that never make it down his throat. Dude eats less cookies than anyone.

Right? Just give him a cookie, and that guy will say yes to anything.

This would actually be a cool piece to read: the determination of adulthood.

Democrats lure teenagers to their caucuses

You think Cookie Monster would be any worse than Paul Ryan or John Bohener? He’d certainly cry less.

Exactly. There's no way to determine what makes someone an adult except some random numbers people agreed to.

Speaking as a Hillary supporter: good. Any increase in access to voting rights is a thing to strive for.

Why don't we just let everyone vote, wanna see Cookie Monster as Speaker.

You do know that, sadly, there are young Republicans, yes? I doubt any objections to 17 year olds being able to vote is attached to Sanders specifically. This feels like an argument that has little to do with one election and more to do with an argument wherein we ask when adulthood starts legally. In other words, I…