I think what gets me about the Aaron Coleman situation is that, call me an old conservative fart all you like, but electing a 19-year-old to office at all is *already a huge risk* The fact that someone's 19 is already a huge negative, and any further negatives are disqualifying
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I mean, I don't think she has a record of sexual assault though.
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Yeah - and I mean, I do think that it might be valuable to have people who are 19 or 20 in legislatures (as opposed to executive offices!) because they're underrepresented there, and one vote is not everything. Constituent services are a problem, though.
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And as far as the shit - a lot of people grow up from 14 to 19. Probably about everybody. The crimes you do at 14 are still real, though, and more than it being too short a period of time to grow out of it, it's just not enough time to evaluate if he did or not.
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But shouldn't need to be as old as 45.
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This kid shouldn't be anywhere near a position of power. His behavior at 13 was off the gd rails to the point where he needed a serious psychological evaluation. The fact that you're trying to parse down to a "gosh, he was just a kid" is fking vile.
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