small but interesting sample of voters in rural Georgia

[Playingmantis]

Link to tweet

[Joe Cool]

1. I have zero interest in watching the video

Can you give us a recap?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. You really should watch it,

it's fascinating.

[Quiet Em]

16. Older Republican men are saying they will not vote for Trump.

Trump is a liar and January 6th disgusted them.

[orthoclad]

18. Agree. No description, no click.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. Well, then, you're going to miss out on a good video. nt

[Tom Rinaldo]

49. It takes a damn good reason for me to even think of patronizing Musk Media

If there isn't something important there that I can't get some other way, I won't go there period. So I for one pass on links to "X" that don't explain what exactly they contain. Just my two cents.

[Bev54]

24. The recap is in the text.

I don't watch youtube videos if no recap given either but this has a recap.

[PatSeg]

25. Same here, I rarely click on videos

A brief recap would be nice.

Edit to add: Especially if it is on Twitter.

[brush]

51. All those older, southern, white men say they won't vote for a criminal. And that's a good thing.

And we and they know who the criminal is.

[PatSeg]

52. Thanks

Yes, that certainly is a good thing.

[NJCher]

40. ahem

Joe, here's your recap: the video is 1:19. Can you spare one minute? Shave off the 19 seconds by stopping the video.

2nd recap: Mama didn't raise no fool.

[Demsrule86]

50. It was great. Both Roe and January 6 are being discounted in the polls.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Wow

There are many people like this that the media has ignored for 9 years now.

[Joe Cool]

3. Wow what?

Can you tell us in more detail?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Just watch the damn video and find out for yourself.

[orthoclad]

20. That's rude.

A lot of people won't monetize MuX with clix.
That's how he can afford to give T 75 mil.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. Tough. nt

[Trueblue Texan]

22. It's a bunch of old codgers in Georgia telling why they won't vote for TFG

But the video is so authentic you really should watch it.

[orthoclad]

27. Thank you. That's all it took.

Every click to MuX is money in Trump's pocket.

[KS Toronado]

28. The clip plays right here on DU not X

so not helping Musk in any way.

[erronis]

44. No. The clip plays through DU. It resides on the Xitter platform and is brought up by the HTML.

I have lots of blockers in my browsers that won't automatically let X (or buckface or others) retrieve content without my explicit consent.

There are tons of hidden tracers embedded in many web pages that track what you are looking at, how long, even if you hover your mouse over a link. I used to write some of these and used them in some commercial/financial sites. They are privacy killing.

[KS Toronado]

48. Interesting

Being a small stable genius I always thought when clicking on a twitter arrow if it opened a new window
then I was on twitter. But when clicking a play arrow and it automatically opens then I'm still on DU.
Thought it was like viewing a picture that's posted on this website.

But I could be mistaken, we know how stupid some stable geniuses are.

[ret5hd]

56. you are viewing x or youtube etc in a "window"...

within a DU “window”.

DU doesn’t have a way to magically transport a video from another site to DU without first retrieving it from the original site.

[Jack Valentino]

53. THREAD-JACKING is rude. That's what you've been doing here.

[Jerry2144]

29. And many people don't waste data caps

On video or can’t understand spoken words due to hearing challenges.

[Wednesdays]

32. It's also possible the video just won't play for them

For a whole variety of reasons.

[Jerry2144]

33. Yup. Numerous reasons why it's rude to post a video without

A summary, transcript, or other info.

We need an op option to ALERT on videos posted without context or help. Bare videos should be banned to the rubbish bin

[MarineCombatEngineer]

37. An option to ALERT on videos without context or help?

I'm sure the Admins will get right on that.

[Iris]

6. Yes. I have lived in parts of GA where this sort of scene plays out daily

Notice one of the only Democrats they know just sits right down there with them.

I'm glad to hear they cared about Jan. 6. Polls kept suggesting no one did. I'm guessing these men weren't asked.

[Tribetime]

4. This gives me hope how much they dislike Drumph

79 seconds worth watching

[CTyankee]

45. I agree with you. OF COURSE, it is difficult at first. I didn't wanna hear these guys, but when I did listen I was

encouraged and that is what I needed. I feel so helpless in my little blue CT and that little bit was nice to hear and think about.

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. Interesting.

Older white folks whom you would think were right on board with Piss Wig are denouncing him for Jan 6th and for lying constantly. Say they’re not voting for him and are going the other way.

[PedroXimenez]

7. i like how the guy walks in and the guy says "there's your other Democrat"

nice scene overall, i've seen other reports from that reporter she's good at this.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. We the People

Hearing them makes me so proud.

Thank you for posting this, playingmantis!

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

"Did you see his lips?"

Yes

"Were they moving?"

Yes

"Then he was lying."

[Doodley]

10. These a good folk who have seen Trump for what he is. I hope this is a sign.

[Zambero]

11. The 65+ demographic

seems to be tilting blue these days, more so than in previous elections. Wish I could say the same about 50-64. At any rate, it's heartening to hear what folks in a white rural GA county have to say.

[Sky Jewels]

12. I'm in that old GenX/young Boomer demo of 50-64.

In general, it's a been a stubbornly right wing group. The douchey idiots in my high school in the early 80s loved them some Ronnie. The good news from a voting perspective is that we're a relatively small bunch, especially compared to older Boomers and the generations that came after Gen X. A lot of us old Gen Xers had Silent Generation parents who were born during the Depression, so that was also a relatively small group that gave produced a relatively small amount of offspring. One theory for why this group is so nasty is that we received "peak lead poisoning," which makes you lose IQ points and more likely to lack compassion and empathy ... the perfect recipe to create a Republican.

[Elessar Zappa]

26. In my anecdotal experience,

Gen X tends to be the biggest Trump supporters. I’m not sure what the actual data shows, but that’s my impression.

[SomedayKindaLove]

30. The data confirms your experience

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

54. Them are the baby boomer generation and there are a lot of them!

[GoneOffShore]

15. Only the link to the tweet is showing up.

[bdamomma]

17. By George

I think they got it!!!!!!

[lees1975]

23. These people are missed by polls.

My guess is that there are millions who think the same way. The early vote seems to indicate that the buffoon is not leading in Georgia at all.

[WaltinWaycross]

31. I am a rural Georgia voter.

I live in Ware County, right next to Brantley County. I voted today. I am optimistic about Harris chances in Georgia.

[FSogol]

38. Welcome to DU.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

41. Thank you and welcome to DU.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

55. Thanks for that 😊 and welcome to DU

[lindysalsagal]

34. Ok. THAT's the america I thought I belonged to. He's a criminal, a liar and anti-american.

Tscf has even lost the deep southern white men. I never understood how they'd vote for the NYC gangster real estate tv mogal with the foreign model wife.

[Metaphorical]

35. Generally yes

I'm in that generation, as are both Obama (two years older than me) and Harris (one year younger). Lots of engineers, doctors, and programmers, and mostly pragmatic, though considerably more cynical (Boomers usually are more idealistic and partisan, GenXers are much more situational). The Young Republicans, for the most part, went off the deep end eventually. Fortunately, we're a small cohort.

[elleng]

36. MUST WATCH, do NOT remain willfully ignorant!!!

Thanks, playing.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

39. Interesting take.

I too know people who have voted Republican all their lives until tRump came along. They see that the Party has all but disappeared. Many have been voting Democrat since because they see that Democrats are not that different from them on certain issues like Social Security, Medicare, responsible taxation and spending, promoting opportunities, etc.

They see today's MAGA movement as opposite of what they believe in. They do not like cruelty, punishing of others, etc. Values and Principles still matters to them.

As more prominent Republicans come forth for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, they too will come around to vote Country over Party. For many of them still believe in the goodness and ideals this country has stood for.

[Rafi]

42. I was born and lived most of my early life in Georgia

Many of us sound a lot dumber than we are.

[TommieMommy]

43. Fascinating so glad they have common sense 👍

[sheshe2]

46. This is good news.

My guess is that there are a lot more like them out there.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

47. I've no doubt that there are alot more out there,

even among the majority of my RW trucking friends, they're disgusted with Been A Dick Donald and his sidekick toady, Vance, especially with his tariffs bullshit which would devastate our industry, so they're either going to sit out the election or vote for the VP Harris/Gov. Walz ticket.