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In reply to the discussion: On DU's population aging, and change to DU... [View all]cksmithy
(231 posts)since the the 2016 presidential election when Stephanie Miller would mention DU posts on her radio show. I was 65 years old and I found most of what I read to be thoughtful and well reasoned. I would check DU online before I read my online news paper subscriptions, (still do) The San Francisco Chronicle, local paper, the New York Times and for a while the LA Times. In a few weeks I will be 72 years old. I became a member about a year ago. I only respond to posts. Once, I got a snarky response to one of my responses, which made it really hard for me to respond to other posts for a while.
Hekate, thank you for your post. My youngest daughter, 41, stares at a computer screen all day, and the last thing thing she wants to do is get on line and get involved with people she doesn't know and discuss politics. She doesn't do facebook or instagram either. She and her husband are Democrats and were so disappointed after the 2016 election and very happy with the 2020 presidential election. Our grand kids know not to discuss politics at school. They will always vote democratic, can't stand the repubs, but right now, being parents to 12 and 9 year olds, they just don't have the time or physical energy to read or post on this site. When I talk about something political, they say, I know and tell me stuff that I they understand what is going on politically. If only our oldest daughter hadn't married into super repub family.