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Why just youth? I can't see how it would hurt to switch to this for everyone. You can get your free lawyer to explain in adult-speak later.

• lightbyte 9y ago
  Did you read the article? >But brain scientists say young people often lack the perspective and judgment, especially in the moment, to know what’s in their best interest. This is why they made a version that goes into more detail.
  • jovial_cavalier 9y ago
    But the consequences of remaining silent or not remaining silent might be lost on anyone, regardless of their age.
  • 13of40 9y ago
    NABS, but I think it's more accurate to say, "People often lack the perspective and judgment, especially in the moment, to know what’s in their best interest."
  • mulmen 9y ago
    Why would phrasing add perspective or judgement?
• XaspR8d 9y ago
  Protecting youth from failures of justice is a more palatable political stance than protecting adults (which is no longer "hard on crime")?
  • KekDemaga 9y ago
    I'm pretty conservative and I can't imagine how having someone understand their constitutional rights would be unpalatable to anyone on either side of the aisle. I want to be tough on criminals but you are only a criminal after you have received your due process and have been found guilty of a crime.
    • macintux 9y ago
      > I want to be tough on criminals but you are only a criminal after you have received your due process and have been found guilty of a crime. That is sadly not a typical viewpoint, particularly among conservatives.
      • KekDemaga 9y ago
        >That is sadly not a typical viewpoint, particularly among conservatives. I consider those people as more GOP enthusiasts than conservatives. An example of a true conservative would be someone like Tucker Carlson or Rand Paul. It's sort of like how antifa doesn't represent the majority of democrat voters I have encountered. They are a slim minority of loud voices that muddy the waters.
        • justin66 9y ago
          > It's sort of like how antifa doesn't represent the majority of democrat voters I have encountered. It would be fascinating if they represented even a minority of the democratic voters you've encountered. They don't seem like they'd be even a statistical blip on the radar.
        • gnaritas 9y ago
          They're all conservatives. A conservative is someone who self identifies as a conservative, that's really all that matters. Antifa are liberals, radical extreme liberals that seem to have a problem with free speech, but liberals none the less.
        • int_19h 9y ago
          > It's sort of like how antifa doesn't represent the majority of democrat voters I have encountered. That is rather an understatement. It's not just they don't represent the majority - many of them are, in fact, opposed to said majority. Google "liberals get the bullet too".
      • stronglikedan 9y ago
        Every conservative I know and whose viewpoints I'm familiar with holds that viewpoint. I would go even further to say most people I know in general hold that viewpoint. In fact, the few people I know that are quick to find people guilty in the court of public opinion are not conservatives.
• kristianc 9y ago
  Agree - it makes sense to roll this out to everyone, particularly as you can't always tell if an individual is mentally impaired in some way.
• txru 9y ago
  I'd say it's just that the specific wording has Supreme Court precedence to back up its' validity, and while they would probably look favorably upon making it clearer for children, rewriting it because it doesn't seem clear enough would entail too much cities battling the courts for small changes. Leniency and interpretation is something that many in society agree upon when it comes to children, but the argument becomes a lot harder for adults.