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Orrex

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8. I have the same request

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 10:06 PM

Mar 2024

I feel like I'm well-insulated against it, because I grow considerably more Left as I age.

Many of my former classmates have drifted steadily rightward over the years, though. It's baffling and infuriating.

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Met a 70-something white man today [View all] Orrex Mar 2024 OP

Someone tried that with me...I stood up to him...he shut up! Karadeniz Mar 2024 #1

I was, let us say, a captive audience Orrex Mar 2024 #7

I worked at a radiation cancer treatment center duhneece Mar 2024 #29

Hit #71 today. Kill me if I ever become like that person. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #4

I have the same request Orrex Mar 2024 #8

Older I get, the more left I am. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #20

Very well put! Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 27 #37

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, and a wonderful coming year. niyad Mar 2024 #16

Well, Happy Birthday. LoisB Mar 2024 #17

A birthday wish from me. pandr32 Mar 2024 #19

Thanks for the kind words! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #22

Yes, happy birthday and many more! Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #31

I turn 74 DAY AFTER tomorrow! ShazzieB Mar 2024 #24

Backatcha! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #26

Happy birthday in a few minutes! Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #32

Actually it's another 24 hours! ShazzieB Mar 27 #38

Happy Birthday FHRRK Mar 28 #46

💐🫶🏽💐 blm Mar 2024 #25

Happy Birthday, OAITW! calimary Mar 27 #35

I hit 72 last week. Count me in, too. DFW Mar 28 #47

I suspect a dementia epidemic Ponietz Mar 2024 #3

Dementia caused by Faux Noise and Hate Radio FakeNoose Mar 2024 #10

Many young farts think the same Ponietz Mar 2024 #15

I think you're on to something. Seriously. harumph Mar 2024 #21

I think that Republicans, in every State of the Union, are hoping they get 1 more cycle before they implode. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #27

Attacking public health started with Reagan Ponietz Mar 27 #40

I wonder if his caretakers are all white native-borns viva la Mar 2024 #5

I suspect that he edits his commentary to suit the perceived audience Orrex Mar 2024 #9

Washington county MotownPgh Mar 2024 #18

Welcome to the DU. A really good place for a kind person like you 🤗 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #33

LOL, he's voting for and supporting the exact people who FSogol Mar 2024 #6

IKR? Orrex Mar 2024 #11

Wrong demographic. usonian Mar 2024 #12

I guess from your post you had to stay and take the abuse to finish your job. The geezer must have really mitch96 Mar 2024 #13

It always blows my mind that they have no idea of the power dynamic at play Orrex Mar 2024 #34

Sorry you have to put up with that stuff. At least you run into fellow liberals, as well. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #44

I would have said Beachnutt Mar 2024 #14

I'm 70 and I'm as white as Opie Taylor. Mr.Bill Mar 2024 #23

I feel it's because odins folly Mar 2024 #28

My sister-in-law . . . AverageOldGuy Mar 2024 #30

I'm 73. Turbineguy Mar 27 #36

I'm 75. murielm99 Mar 27 #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 27 #41

Are you always so polite?? GP6971 Mar 27 #42

Take your own advice. Cha Mar 27 #43

On rare occasions as a white woman I've had racist comments said to me by men... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #45

Ugh. I'm sure that the dynamic is much worse for women Orrex Mar 28 #48