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In reply to the discussion: Young people are the most progressive generation in history. [View all]Celerity
(54,827 posts)63. let me lay out fully what I meant, in the interest of fairness
This is the entirety of the text in OP (the OP was simply a tweet, with no added comment) you replied to
Young people are the most progressive generation in history. Your generation is anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-religious bigotry. You should be very proud of that, and you should not be afraid to think big.
The only other substantive (this part was in the video itself) positing was (to paraphrase)
Unless we turn it around, your generation (meaning the younger people) will be the first generation to have a lower standard of living than your parents.
Neither are even remotely controversial or factually untrue statements.
You replied to this, with no further explanation or broadening of what you were referring to (as all we have to work with is the actual statements made in the OP):
Then they grow up and become wise.
Wisdom makes them become not so extreme and come home to the core of the Democratic party.
Wisdom makes them become not so extreme and come home to the core of the Democratic party.
That reply does infer that people who are 'anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-religious bigotry' are not 'grown-up' and are not 'wise'. (As that is, again, literally what you said in reply to the entirety of what was stated in the OP).
The second part of your reply also infers that those positions are 'extreme' and also infers they are not compatible with 'the core of the Democratic party' as you said they should (or that 'wisdom' will make them) 'come home to the core of the Democratic party', meaning they are somehow outside the 'the core' already.
There was literally nothing else discussed in the OP in terms of subject, and you offered no further explanation or elucidation as to what you yourself were referring or what secondary or even tertiary issues you were taking umbrage with by making your statement.
I did not ask for you to edit anything. I was asking for why you would say or imply what you just said in your original response to the words/statements in the OP.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Being the most progressive generation in history is wise, do you believe otherwise? n/t
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#2
The Democratic Party turned to the right after Reagan and the Republican Party became
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#45
Many working class Dems voted For Reagan as a rejection of progressive government
wasupaloopa
Apr 2019
#83
you literally are saying that being anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-religious bigotry
Celerity
Apr 2019
#28
I did not do that, your own words did, and you offered no clarification just now which could have
Celerity
Apr 2019
#46
Then perhaps the two major parties in the U.S. should listen to them and speak
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#5
My first vote was in 1972, and yes, it had a whole lot to do with the war.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#20
No it wasn't because the baby boomers were just rising to a demographic point of power
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#24
Even so, only 55% could be bothered to vote despite the widespread opposition
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#29
Bernie got more votes from Americans under 30 years old than Clinton and Trump combined.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#37
That was for the primary elections. Anyhow, I'm not talking about Bernie.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#47
You can't separate the two results and it wasn't binary, my post included Trump's totals as well n/t
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#50
This is true. They did turn out in bigger numbers for the 2018 mid-terms...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2019
#60
It's easy to be progressive when you're trying to start a family but are swamped
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#10
Maybe people should stop waiting to be "inspired" by strangers and go out and make change themselves
StarfishSaver
Apr 2019
#39
Older white voters, conservative white voters, young white voters, female white voters, male white
StarfishSaver
Apr 2019
#145
well, maybe someone who is retired, but those just starting out, 2 or 3 jobs, school, well
yaesu
Apr 2019
#55
You and I bracket the Baby Boom: I was born in '62. Your perspective matches mine.
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#15
I find it so amusing that Sanders says the current young generation is the most progressive, yet he
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#19
Climate change will make them even more so as time passes. The days of corporations running
jalan48
Apr 2019
#14
I feel like we're living in a fantasy land when it comes to dealing with THE biggest issue facing us
jalan48
Apr 2019
#23
There are a lot of old liberals in the US. I attended some marches and rallies
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#22
Don't *assume* young people will vote, or that they will be reliably progressive/liberal.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#34
I take Morning Consult with a grain of salt, but Biden seems to do well with the youth here
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#61
That's a pretty big "would not vote" segment for Gen Z and Millennials... Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2019
#118
I would actually expect it to be much higher; that age group historically has the lowest turnout
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#119
They see something many earlier trailblazers and beneficiaries refuse to acknowledge
loyalsister
Apr 2019
#75
Whether you consider it "pandering" or not, it's the truth, do you dispute it? n/t
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#109