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BumRushDaShow

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2. And the media refuses to acknowledge that distinction
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:10 AM
Sep 2025

These are the same RW loons who call their "establishment" GOPers "RINOs" for not being far right enough.

IOW, the media wants a clean, strictly binary "left/right" choice to write about, and that doesn't exist.

This kid is a solid GenZ and they are an oddly unique generational group because they were drenched in "online" from birth, with literal GLOBAL access to various viewpoints spanning the ideological spectrum. They might be guided towards one side or the other (from their parents), but they are constantly challenging the dichotomies because they have exposed themselves to all the nuances across the social and political spectrum.

And the wildest thing is (and I see this with my 19-year old niece) is that they "communicate" their thoughts at a particular moment, using memes presented through short video clips. It's like a whole other language that requires understanding the analogies. And these memes, often shared on TikTok and obviously present in the many video games that a bunch of them play, serve as fodder for describing what they are thinking and where they are coming from as they navigate through young adulthood.

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It's probably telling how automatically the right responds to any "anti-fascist" sentiments AZJonnie Sep 2025 #1
And the media refuses to acknowledge that distinction BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #2
Seems like 'The Anxious Generation' runs along similar lines of your thoughts. I've not read it yet. Have you? ancianita Sep 2025 #22
I read HRC as Hillary Clinton. If only she was our President. 💔 littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #3
Me too! She should've spoken out already! Condemning the WSJ wolfie001 Sep 2025 #4
I don't know why everyone is being so quiet. Are they afraid? ... littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #5
Well, I guess taking center stage would inflame the crazy repukes at this point wolfie001 Sep 2025 #6
As did I Just Jerome Sep 2025 #8
Me four! BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #9
Couldn't. Eight years has passed rpannier Sep 2025 #12
??? I'm confused. Please explain. Thank you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #14
She ran in 2016 rpannier Sep 2025 #23
Unless she had ran again in 2020, won the primary, and got re-elected n/t Polybius Sep 2025 #19
Me too! Polybius Sep 2025 #18
❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #20
Ditto. Clearly far from the only one. Alice B. Sep 2025 #25
The political leaning of the shooter is irrelevant. We are being sent down this rabbit hole for nothing. Walleye Sep 2025 #7
Well the Human Rights Campaign is an advocacy group BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #10
Its Obvious!!!! Mustellus Sep 2025 #11
Um...Ok.... DrFunkenstein Sep 2025 #16
Rupert's son Lacksoul won't do a damn thing. bronxiteforever Sep 2025 #13
The "transgender engravings on bullet casings" story reeked of BS from the beginning IronLionZion Sep 2025 #15
As they should. orangecrush Sep 2025 #17
He sues everyone.. why can't a trans person sue the WSJ mountain grammy Sep 2025 #21
Show some honor WSJ BoRaGard Sep 2025 #24
If WSJ wants a story they should print the numbers of gay and trans Americans FakeNoose Sep 2025 #26
45 has a gays in his administration BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #27
I thought somewhere on DU recently I read KS Toronado Sep 2025 #28
TMZ reporting TheDemsshouldhireme Sep 2025 #29
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