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The Wandering Harper

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110. insulting voters is never a good strategy

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 05:19 PM

Feb 2025

listen to them? nah, they're idiots, right?
We'll just stay in our safe little bubble of 50+ers
where we talk about our vacation homes and investment portfolios
while our children and grandchildren have to move further and further afield
in ever worsening conditions.
But they're the idiots right?
With attitudes like this, this site will die as its current members die

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PeaceWave Feb 2025 OP

"The economy." Let's see how that worked out for them. NameAlreadyTaken Feb 2025 #1

Idiots. Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #2

education poozwah Feb 2025 #77

insulting voters is never a good strategy The Wandering Harper Feb 2025 #110

I'm a Zillennial, was born right on the 96/97 Millennial/Gen Z border. If people wonder why, after years of inviting my Celerity Feb 2025 #115

glad you stuck around despite all the baloney The Wandering Harper Feb 2025 #121

Enlightening. I have heard similar. kerouac2 Feb 2025 #3

Even by that measure, it doesn't hold water misanthrope Feb 2025 #30

That too harsh of a judgment. The economic prospects for many are bleak CentralMass Feb 2025 #33

You don't have to be smart to vote, you just have to be old enough. Drum Feb 2025 #4

If they bother to vote. mackdaddy Feb 2025 #9

GEN Z ZDU Feb 2025 #5

Post removed Post removed Feb 2025 #6

JILL STEIN, COME SAVE US! W_HAMILTON Feb 2025 #10

Actually David Hogg just won Vice Chair of DNC, maybe there's hope???? Think. Again. Feb 2025 #11

OK TnDem Feb 2025 #68

At least he's trying.... Butterflylady Feb 2025 #108

The real wall is 24/7 media coverage of Musk/Trump. hay rick Feb 2025 #13

Did he try to go around the wall with independent or social media coverage? Think. Again. Feb 2025 #14

Of course he did. I followed Biden on social media. But not enough folks followed him. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #28

You just gave me an idea! pimpbot Feb 2025 #67

Yes. They should if they want to get the attention of younger voters. Alliepoo Feb 2025 #69

Let's think about this... yardwork Feb 2025 #75

I don't think it's done for at all. Alliepoo Feb 2025 #86

They won't listen to quiet, calm delivery of information? yardwork Feb 2025 #87

I was referring to their online activity. Alliepoo Feb 2025 #94

Well to be honest the firehose of actions coming from the administration is overwhelming everything now. nt kelly1mm Feb 2025 #39

No, it hasn't. Has any one of those GenZ'rs heard of a party platform? LisaM Feb 2025 #43

Bingo. They don't get what a party is or does. marble falls Feb 2025 #61

They also don't get a lot of that information Alliepoo Feb 2025 #71

I posted something similar a few months ago Dan Feb 2025 #7

If they were around for trump disaster #1 choie Feb 2025 #78

Yeah, but Biden wasn't entertaining.... Dan Feb 2025 #84

post college crowd has entered the real world so their views change radically IMO nt msongs Feb 2025 #8

If this is how GenZ really thinks MustLoveBeagles Feb 2025 #12

It's not. tavernier Feb 2025 #82

Ditto. I taught at a top business school before retiring and while some spooky3 Feb 2025 #109

That's a relief MustLoveBeagles Feb 2025 #119

They're about to find out... 2naSalit Feb 2025 #15

I'm Gen Zzz. hay rick Feb 2025 #16

On the last point. LuvLoogie Feb 2025 #31

Hear Hear!!! Alliepoo Feb 2025 #72

The YouGov poll from last week womanofthehills Feb 2025 #70

Good job. You made sure Trump was elected. yardwork Feb 2025 #79

Why didn't you do your homework? hay rick Feb 2025 #88

That sounds made up ZRB Feb 2025 #106

They were raised by Gen X and their parents went hard pro-Trump newdeal2 Feb 2025 #17

None of us has ever seen "normal". LisaM Feb 2025 #66

I don't think it's that they don't try to research Alliepoo Feb 2025 #76

I would suggest you contact KT2000 Feb 2025 #18

Do they understand that every seemingly crazy thing he is doing serves Putin? mahina Feb 2025 #19

They don't look at Russia as our enemy they think it's just another country. Terribly misinformed. Walleye Feb 2025 #52

that is very saddening to hear paulkienitz Feb 2025 #20

The power of the static generating influence of MSM and social media! Aussie105 Feb 2025 #21

Fuck 'em! Tarzanrock Feb 2025 #22

A higher percentage of their generation voted for Harris than any other. Mariana Feb 2025 #50

I wonder if they know who their congress member is. And if they know who their mayor , district and state senators are. JI7 Feb 2025 #23

Best economy in over 60 years wasn't moniss Feb 2025 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 2025 #25

A large part of their "unobtainable" moniss Feb 2025 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 2025 #32

California's housing costs double the rest of the country, yet we went for Harris BY 20 POINTS. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #35

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For fucks sake, Harris offered to help them buy a house and they still voted for Trump. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #45

People who are paying two weeks of work for rent can't possibly buy questionseverything Feb 2025 #56

People who don't have $400 aren't looking to buy a house. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #97

If it is unaffordable to live moniss Feb 2025 #40

It's the advertizing, stupid. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #85

Every internet site about moniss Feb 2025 #93

What is realistic, but most people don't realize it, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #98

Yes I know and agree 100% and I remember moniss Feb 2025 #117

Actually, I can accurately say I almost never PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #118

Buying a house in one's twenties is such an alien concept to me. betsuni Feb 2025 #38

Those 1950s ranches were tiny and the family had only one car. yardwork Feb 2025 #81

Not having a pantry is a real inconvenience for us Dave says Feb 2025 #96

Where I live, the small houses get bought up by builders and promptly torn down. Mariana Feb 2025 #103

Yes, same here. yardwork Feb 2025 #107

McMansions were an 80's marketing push. haele Feb 2025 #113

The majority of people in Gen Z Tarzanrock Feb 2025 #26

Only 43% of Gen Z voters went for Trump. Mariana Feb 2025 #51

Any Trump voter who tells you the economy was their primary concern misanthrope Feb 2025 #29

They recall the economy under President Trump 45 pre-pandemic fondly, if through rose collared glasses. nt kelly1mm Feb 2025 #44

So not just ignorance misanthrope Feb 2025 #91

Those idiots are in for a whole new world of hurt. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #34

I have come to the realization that Americans no longer aspire to make the country/world a better place, kelly1mm Feb 2025 #36

Those men just seem like trash. JI7 Feb 2025 #37

They are. 61% of Gen Z women went for Harris, only 47% of Gen Z men did. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #42

Tech bros bought the world. usonian Feb 2025 #46

Started earlier than that - the Demonization of Liberal Arts education. haele Feb 2025 #47

They joined the church of selfishness Keepthesoulalive Feb 2025 #48

IMO, they are the Yuppies 2.0 no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #49

Selfish punks Henry203 Feb 2025 #53

Probably better to "enlighten" the voters who are aged 45 and up. Mariana Feb 2025 #102

My son is Gen Z about to graduate from a highly selective university and work in tech in Silicon Valley OrlandoDem2 Feb 2025 #54

With climate change coming,your son's future is very dark Kaleva Feb 2025 #65

...and what's more, PCIntern Feb 2025 #55

Of all the age groups genxlib Feb 2025 #57

Of all the age groups Mariana Feb 2025 #101

Understood genxlib Feb 2025 #114

AOC and Pelosi are similar is just laughable TheFarseer Feb 2025 #58

They think Trump will improve the economy for THEM? Martin Eden Feb 2025 #59

All of what you said about the evening discussions I have heard and said FloridaBlues Feb 2025 #60

Generation Z (1997 - 2012): Aussie105 Feb 2025 #62

Brain development for abstract and higher order thinking skills probably not all there yet. Mariana Feb 2025 #100

So sexism still rules? viva la Feb 2025 #63

Welp, hope they enjoy the next 40-50 years . . . hatrack Feb 2025 #64

Reminds me of "Cabaret" -- with the young soldier singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #73

What a miserable experience that sounds like! yardwork Feb 2025 #74

Are they really "educated?" - or just fed bullshit from their podcastGods and bot controlled social media NoMoreRepugs Feb 2025 #80

My phrase for that - they're "very well misinformed". hatrack Feb 2025 #90

I can understand them, Trump has been saying the country is broken for doc03 Feb 2025 #83

I work with many GenZers ismnotwasm Feb 2025 #89

They are becoming acclimated to this dystopian shithole. Happy Hoosier Feb 2025 #92

I've heard similar conversations mike_c Feb 2025 #95

Interesting narrative, frate Prairie Gates Feb 2025 #99

Collectively, they don't seem to register to vote either. Very disenchanting! n/t AntiFascist Feb 2025 #104

We old folks dismiss them at our peril Orrex Feb 2025 #105

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 2025 #112

Yeah, I kind of meant to agree with/complement your post Orrex Feb 2025 #120

Makes me wonder if the Private Equity invasion of the house and applegrove Feb 2025 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 2025 #122

Economy as the key issue is in agreement with the polling in other threads andym Feb 2025 #116

Good luck to them Mountainguy Feb 2025 #123

Giving a pass to a rapist and convicted felon Hassler Feb 2025 #124