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MADem

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59. With a HUGE following--were they all teens? I think not.

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 10:45 PM

Jul 2015

Are these racist assclowns the "youth" of reddit, too?

More than "one" of those pigs in that group....and I doubt they're young, either.

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"I was a really staunch Clinton candidate (IA) [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

Isn't she leading with millennials? JaneyVee Jul 2015 #1

Yep shenmue Jul 2015 #2

Reddit says nyet BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #3

The poll I saw on PPP was from 3 days ago.. JaneyVee Jul 2015 #8

PPP poll BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #9

Your interlocutor cited a poll demonstrating she is doing well in a demographic DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #13

You win BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #16

You should be out enjoying your Fourth and not cooped up arguing about politics like me. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #18

I am about to BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #19

I live near a park in the SFV where there will be fireworks so I can watch them from my window. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #20

2012 gop re-visited ... only this time its the left wishing upon a star. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #40

The left are dems. who would say no. roguevalley Jul 2015 #81

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #84

But how about all the other people? guillaumeb Jul 2015 #30

At this stage, Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 #100

Reddit is a polling organization ? /NT DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #11

It is one of the places milennials spend lots of time BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #17

most don't go in reddit. while the site might mostly have younger people JI7 Jul 2015 #24

You do know that reddit has millions of users, correct? BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #45

still not scientific , going by what you say Ron Paul should be President since he dominates JI7 Jul 2015 #64

I work with lots of them AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #53

Somewhere, I read the definition of a Reddit user as a fifty-some odd year old in a cubicle MADem Jul 2015 #32

That goes to the old saw that the hot nineteen year old you are chatting with... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #38

Or the young lady on the "phone sex" line....! MADem Jul 2015 #39

Well, my 20 YO grandson is 20, and he is a Redditor. He lives with me, no cubicle. djean111 Jul 2015 #42

He just might be an outlier, not the 'rule!' nt MADem Jul 2015 #43

It really doesn't matter, I have no need to convince you. djean111 Jul 2015 #44

I don't trust any polls--it's way too early, no matter what people say on DU. MADem Jul 2015 #48

See post #45 BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #46

There are millions of fifty years olds in cubicles. You want me to see a post, put a link. nt MADem Jul 2015 #47

You win BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #50

I'm one padfun Jul 2015 #83

I turned into one last December - 6 more years to retirement!! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #85

so out of touch AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #54

Yeah, here's one of those "youthful" redditors.... MADem Jul 2015 #55

One? AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #58

With a HUGE following--were they all teens? I think not. MADem Jul 2015 #59

You think Millennials are teens? AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #60

No, but they aren't the bulk of Reddit users--GENX and up are. MADem Jul 2015 #61

exactly, people can claim to be all kinds of things on the internet JI7 Jul 2015 #66

My daughter is a Millennial... CoffeeCat Jul 2015 #65

Exactly. And - they can jeer all they want, it does not change things. djean111 Jul 2015 #70

She has enormous name ID and thats what gets her up in polls now Report1212 Jul 2015 #101

This is the most important part of the entire article BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #4

+1 Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #6

I feel the same way. bvar22 Jul 2015 #22

I'm still not certain he can overcome the party and the Clinton machine BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #23

I have said for over a year... 99Forever Jul 2015 #27

Without a doubt madokie Jul 2015 #25

Crowds made up of white people....! nt MADem Jul 2015 #49

I'm too tired of fighting people who just want to snark BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #51

That wasn't snark. MADem Jul 2015 #52

Yet the white guy holds up a sign about Rev Dr Martin luther King Jr Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #62

Why do you suppose that is? MADem Jul 2015 #63

Perhaps not every white American waves a confederate flag Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #72

I'm not suggesting that anyone in that crowd would ever do such a thing. MADem Jul 2015 #73

But blacks will know Bernie marched with MLK as the word gets out Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #74

I think it's nice that he showed up way back when. MADem Jul 2015 #78

These and other questions... Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #79

"nice that he showed up" Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #88

The sixties were a long, long while ago...and I'm not at all nervous. MADem Jul 2015 #93

We will see. Best of luck to you. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #95

It is a poster of Solidarity, that We the People will all walk together in a Movement toward the DhhD Jul 2015 #77

The race card AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #56

Uh, Iowa is a state made up of mostly white people. That's like saying MADem Jul 2015 #57

"The race card" YoungDemCA Jul 2015 #87

"The race card" AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #92

Is that Bernies fault? Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #86

+1! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #68

"nothing succeeds like success." Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #76

There is an OP in there BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #94

As a matter of fact Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #98

They count retweets or likes BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #99

As an early believer, welcome all of you latecomers to the Bernie Bandwagon. It's a lil crowded, but everyone scootch ova & make some more room. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2015 #80

This is exactly what Hillary folks don't want to see 4dsc Jul 2015 #90

The hope is still there, the change wasn't quite as much as I wanted. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #5

Yup BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #7

+ swilton Jul 2015 #31

Great post. SoapBox Jul 2015 #10

Yet she handily beats him in all published polling. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #12

Watch for the tipping point. PADemD Jul 2015 #14

Let's not move the goal posts, please...My interlocutor said HRC would lose to JEB DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #15

Bernie has fought for civil rights since the sixties..... Stainless Jul 2015 #26

The Clintons have been assiduously courting African Americans and Latinos DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #28

Bernie has time and righteousness on his side. I'm not worried. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #89

Most of this is the truth and very close to my own fatigue of 20+ years of neoliberal appalachiablue Jul 2015 #33

Thick ankles just are not hip. McCamy Taylor Jul 2015 #21

I know you are a Hillary supporter and are being sarcastic (I assume, anyway) but I really djean111 Jul 2015 #41

How a story of another Sanders Victory is dogged by an account of her polls, but never her orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #29

They are hanging on to their polls for dear life, like deja vue. She can't compete rhett o rick Jul 2015 #35

+ 1000 Well Put !!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Jul 2015 #36

Are you familiar with a gentleman's sweep ? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #37

Integrity! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #69

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #34

Bernie isn't just a candidate for president. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #67

Cute anecdote ... GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #71

That's akin to the Chicago definition of an "honest politician." ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2015 #75

Didn't they give Chelsea a "job"? CANDO Jul 2015 #96

Tawdry, no matter how you look at it. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2015 #97

They want more than ice cream? Babel_17 Jul 2015 #82

K & R! TY, Steve. mother earth Jul 2015 #91