Our election system worked as designed and the kid should only be shamed if he was rude. VA lets 17 yr olds vote in primaries if they will be 18 by the general, he likely has friends who voted when they were 17 and didn't quite catch the distinction. https://x.com/me_idealist/status/1478376351921065992
(side note, I'd love to see Virginia lower the voting age to 16- high school is a good time to get everyone through their first voter experience vs figuring out absentee options during the chaos of your first months away at college)