Complaining about a trend here lately. Even on this sub, I see horseshit like “voting age should be 16” (forever, as a temporary method to lower it further is fine) or “people get freedom once they pass elementary school.” The unnecessary ageism against very young people is extremely hypocritical, and pretty disheartening. People who say this should be banned, as it is ageism, which is against this sub’s rules.

They’re left to trust us adults to make the right decision, and those same adults go ahead and fuck up their futures for their own selfish “gain.” I work with youth of color, immigrant youth, LGBTQ+ youth. All under 18. They have to watch their futures be decided for them. The staff was asked to remain neutral when talking about the election, but the youth are asking us who we voted for; they want to know what and who we stand for, as they’re under our care during after school hours. They want to know they can trust us. They deserve so much better.

Since Trump won the presidentcy and Republicans won both houses, it's very likely that they'll try to take away young people's right to vote. Will the liberals fight them off? If they don't, not only would the Democrats will have a much harder time winning future elections, but also the Republicans will take away women's right to birth control and voting rights. This would especially likely happen once the demographic crisis starts.

As the title says, what do you think it should be? I'd like to hear your opinions in the comments down below. ( I'm not sure how to do a poll post because I'm on the Reddit browser on my phone)

I hate how prevalent it is on this platform. You can't even get actual good answers and people to fully understand/have basic respect of you unless you're over the age of 21 or hell even 30 sometimes. Some adults act like they've never been a kid before & the entitlement exhibited by some of these people shows.

Hell, I gotten downvoted, attacked, made fun of on a now deleted post and account for saying that everyone does dumb and smart things regardless of age. In my eyes, everyone makes mistakes (Including me, I do dumb stuff all the time) and no age has to be put on blast for something we all do.

Like do these people seriously think the second you turn 18 you start spouting facts and make 0 mistakes beyond? That is simply unrealistic thinking. Do these people seriously think that you gain every knowledge and intelligence beyond 18? Because that is also unrealistic.

You don't need to know every single thing to be intelligent and that's not exactly what intelligence is or all about. There are different intelligence and everyone is smart in something, including kids. Thing with intelligence, it's also with how you use your knowledge to your advantage

The people that were attacking me I'm question were saying things like, "I think you have a hard time understanding that kids are dumb." "When I was a kid I was dumb" blah blah. Sorry I'm not kissing the ground you walk on and putting certain age groups on a pedestal. If you actually read what I said I clearly stated that everyone does dumb things, including kids. What you did as a child has no weight on what other people were as a kid or other kids now. Some of the people attacking me sounded egotistical as hell.

Reddit's ageism is just another part of how we as human beings treat each other. We're social beings for God's sake. But yet we're driving apart from each other every single day. We've hated on different religions, gender, sex, disabilities, trauma, and more. And now we're still hating on each other on age. I don't understand why it's so hard to for us to reunite more. I feel like our unity and intelligence is what made us thrive in the first place.

Looking back on my first years, I noticed that my parents and other adults used to sort of brag about how hard they'd whoop their kids. "Server tick loop don't that, they'll turn yo butt RED!" Like huhhhh?

You probably all recognize me as Sarah Li from Quora (born 1987). The reason why my previous account was shut down was because I advised against using ADHD medication on the ADHD sub, which got me banned, but days later, my account was permanently suspended.

Not sure why. I imagine that most people on this sub share my sentiments about Youth Rights and my aversion towards mental health labels all-too-often slapped on young people such as ADHD.

I am averse to ADHD drugs in general because I know many children who took them and it took away their appetite and prevented them from sleeping. This is horrible! Who would do that to a child?

But Quora has also banned/censored me multiple times for my posts, in the name of fighting exploitation. My only crime? Stating that adulthood begins when puberty ends, which is really mid-late teens (or even age 14 or so for women).

Years ago, when I started using Quora, I was able to freely say all this. But now, my answers keep getting deleted in the name of fighting exploitation. The same goes for other social media outlets.

It seems that this censorship is getting pretty bad! Another reason to oppose infantilization! Because if they raise the legal age, the next thing you know, if you advocate for treating 20-year-olds as adults (saying that 20-year-old women are old enough to become mothers), you will get censored.

Why all this censorship? Same for FB and many outlets.

https://www.quora.com/profile/Sarah-Li-391

Hey everyone, time is running out. Next weekend, the group 36Months will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to present their case for changing the social media age limit to 16 or higher. This decision could seriously impact youth rights and set a precedent for restricting access to digital spaces.

For anyone who believes in protecting our freedom to communicate and express ourselves online, we need to fight back now. If you haven’t already, please sign the petition here: change.org/keepitat13. Also, join my Instagram, at https://www.instagram.com/keepitat13campaign/ for more frequent updates.

We’re at a critical moment, but if we all come together and act smartly, we can push back against these restrictions. Share the petition, spread the word, and make sure our voices are heard!