And the media refuses to acknowledge that distinction
These are the same RW loons who call their "establishment" GOPers "RINOs" for not being far right enough.
IOW, the media wants a clean, strictly binary "left/right" choice to write about, and that doesn't exist.
This kid is a solid GenZ and they are an oddly unique generational group because they were drenched in "online" from birth, with literal GLOBAL access to various viewpoints spanning the ideological spectrum. They might be guided towards one side or the other (from their parents), but they are constantly challenging the dichotomies because they have exposed themselves to all the nuances across the social and political spectrum.
And the wildest thing is (and I see this with my 19-year old niece) is that they "communicate" their thoughts at a particular moment, using memes presented through short video clips. It's like a whole other language that requires understanding the analogies. And these memes, often shared on TikTok and obviously present in the many video games that a bunch of them play, serve as fodder for describing what they are thinking and where they are coming from as they navigate through young adulthood.
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