I have been an AARP member for 14 years, I'm done with them after this

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37. Don't worry. When the far right goes grievance shopping, they accuse the AARP of being "too far left"...

so I guess it all works out in the end. When a respectable organization like AARP is hated by both extremes, then they're doing something right. Obviously, it all depends on one's perspective and where they happen to be sitting on the political spectrum when they start shouting at a non-partisan group AARP for being "too right" or "too left".

I remember that some disgruntled rightwingers hated AARP so much that they started their own organization... a right-wing alternative to the AARP called the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC). Another, lesser-known, group with a similar rightwing mission is the American Seniors Association (ASA).

There are, however, specific organizations that align more overtly with progressive or liberal viewpoints, the most prominent of which is the Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA). People are always have the freedom of association and they can choose ineffective organizations for vanity and virtue-signaling reasons, or they can work with respectable organizations like AARP that have a history of success. Personally, I choose AARP for their long history of success in advocating/lobbying-for issues and programs that make the lives of Seniors better, healthier, and more affordable.

I don't focus on petty grievances like whether an "evil" Republican (gasp! horrors!) was publicly acknowledged with positive words or appreciation.