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Populist_Prole

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17. I have a RW friend whose son recently graduated HS

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 01:46 AM

Mar 2014

He actually used to be a union democrat but turned into a religious conservative republican curmudgeon as he aged and got more finacially secure. Anyway, it's music to my ears to hear him grouse to me about how his son isn't buying his conservative worldview and that he thinks his father is a bigot. "He's just a kid...he don't know shit!"

That's right, he doesn't "know" shit; but he knows shit when he sees it.

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Many millennials are skipping church, marriage and political affiliations, study finds [View all] applegrove Mar 2014 OP

Oh, I wish I could turn back the hands of time and join them! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #1

Hey, you can join them now! eallen Mar 2014 #7

LOL, I'm there with them, like a well worn pair of shoes! RKP5637 Mar 2014 #8

This gives me hope. 1000words Mar 2014 #2

Signed. Earth_First Mar 2014 #3

"the highest share for any age group over the last decade." <------ Rex Mar 2014 #4

Thoroughly modern millies. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #5

It is common to be unaffiliated with a church as a young adult kwassa Mar 2014 #6

This is a generation who does not know life without the Christian Right tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #9

Perhaps that is because they are more vocal Samantha Mar 2014 #11

There is so much untapped potential waiting in the wings Harmony Blue Mar 2014 #10

I hope so because the SCOURGE of right wingers we've had since 1980 Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #12

Don't you think it has something to do with job, job, jobs Johonny Mar 2014 #13

not entirely, part of it is cultural changes also like women being more independent JI7 Mar 2014 #16

Those millennials sound like a smart bunch. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #14

I suspect my thoroughly Catholic kids... hunter Mar 2014 #15

I have a RW friend whose son recently graduated HS Populist_Prole Mar 2014 #17