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Michael Moore was once the youngest elected official in the U.S. (bookofjoe.com)
2 points by bookofjoe on Nov 4, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


>At the age of 18, he was elected to the Davison school board.[10][24] At the time he was the youngest person elected to office in the U.S., as the minimum age to hold public office had just been lowered to 18.[25]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore#:~:text=At%20the....

>Please own your mistake.


You have taken this photo from https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/i-was-elected-50-years-ago-to...

... where he says: "50 years ago today, I became the youngest-ever elected official in the state of Michigan, the first 18-year-old to do so."

US is larger than Michigan, I think.


>You have taken this photo from https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/i-was-elected-50-years-ago-to...

Not true.

The source you allude to in your comment is Michael Moore's June 12, 2022 post on michaelmoore.com.

In fact, my blog post [OP] is dated September 14, 2011; Dwight Garner's review of Moore's book in the New York Times:

https://archive.ph/M0OF

appeared on September 13, 2011, and was the basis for my blog post which included the picture under discussion.


Please stop whatever the fuck you think you're doing.


Being accurate?


A few minutes ago you thanked me for my correction. This is disgusting behavior on your behalf.

The current state of the thread is archived here: https://archive.ph/wip/l9ael

and here: https://web.archive.org/web/20231104164635/https://news.ycom...


Being accurate? Your "correction" was, in fact, in error.


Please own your mistake.




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