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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've read some really crappy posts on this forum, but this takes the cake. Crusty NIMBYs throwing ignorant and bigoted shade at young people seeking to participate in local politics is utterly pathetic. If the OP doesn't like it, please find your way to a retirement village where you won't have to encounter any young people who are not employed there to help you function.[/quote]

Not OP, but I'm not sure why criticism a political candidate for lack of experience is so terrible. I'm all for young people participating in politics, and maybe he'd make a great ANC commissioner. Or maybe he's incredibly arrogant and naive and thinks he knows a lot more than he does, and will be a disaster. Honestly, the voter turnout among young people is low enough that I'd rather see an ambitious, enthusiastic 18 yo working on voter turnout, acting as the youth ambassador for a candidate her really believes in, or similar.

Most 18 year olds really do not have the life experience to do that job. I am someone who gets annoyed when people run for local political positions if they don't either have kids or have worked with them, because I think it's a massive blind spot in terms of local governance if you have no experience with children. So criticizing someone for being so young they lack other critical experience seems reasonable to me.

What do want? For us to pat him on the head and vote for him because just because of the novelty of someone so young running? Why?[/quote]

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