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In reply to the discussion: GDP and Unity [View all]

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
23. Reddit is AWESOME!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 11:00 PM
Oct 2015

And such a breath of fresh air from here.

At that site there are actual Millennials organizing, brainstorming and informing others. They are young, high-energy and have technical skills to build apps and websites to help other Millennials register to vote, understand the process and even get a ride to the polls.

It shocked me today when retrowire posted his "There's A Lot of Me" thread and mocking he received because of his age (27) and that he'd never trusted or cared for a politician enough to vote before. They pilloried young people on that thread. Yes... I know that younger people traditionally don't show up as much as older people, but they got a taste of what to do to win with Obama and, in my opinion, they like Bernie even more.

But it showed me that DU skews a bit older and old-fashioned in their beliefs and how they view politics. Many of them honestly do not get how social media and the Internet is changing voting. They get that over on Reddit.

Just read the thread. SMH: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251734059

I'm just about to the point where I think these young people are going to sneak up on the political establishment in January and February and smack them straight in the head with a 2X4.

BTW, My little Bernie Snoo in my sig line was "borrowed" from /r/SandersforPresident.

GDP and Unity [View all] TBF Oct 2015 OP
I don't give two shits about what goes on in GD-Pee. smokey nj Oct 2015 #1
+1000 n2doc Oct 2015 #2
Same here. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #3
Won't even have a chance to say good-bye.... daleanime Oct 2015 #4
I just signed up on Reddit TBF Oct 2015 #6
Good idea. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #12
Yeah I recognized it when I got over there - TBF Oct 2015 #13
Check your mailbox. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #15
... TBF Oct 2015 #21
I have one of each. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #17
If she were to win primarys Robbins Oct 2015 #22
+1 L0oniX Oct 2015 #8
Seems to me. Waltons_Mtn Oct 2015 #5
"loyalty oaths" WTF LMFAO how childish. L0oniX Oct 2015 #7
Who wants loyalty oaths in GDP this time? Autumn Oct 2015 #9
It's his site so I guess he can demand what he wants TBF Oct 2015 #10
I don't see that as asking for a loyalty oath. I see that as saying we should vote for Autumn Oct 2015 #11
I took at as pressuring us now - TBF Oct 2015 #14
What shocked me in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #19
I saw it but had no reason to read it until I saw this OP. Autumn Oct 2015 #20
Reddit is AWESOME! Fawke Em Oct 2015 #23
Reading post # 79 I think you may be right. Autumn Oct 2015 #26
The lesser of two evils has always been, hifiguy Oct 2015 #18
Count me in. hifiguy Oct 2015 #16
For all of the above... SoapBox Oct 2015 #24
I've had a latent twitter account TBF Oct 2015 #25
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