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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: BattleHymn on November 06, 2014, 05:26:35 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251384853
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:07 AM
Odin2005 (48,376 posts)
We done ****ed up.
Only 12% of the people who voted were of my Millennial Generation, and turnout was dismal in general. Why? Because the Democratic leadership is either incompetent, compromised by "Third Way" corporate infiltration, or both. There was nothing that really energized the average left-leaning person, and the Dem Establishment is ignoring the issues people, especially my fellow Millennials, find important because they are scared of angering their corporate donors. Things like Net Neutrality, Student Loan forgiveness, Marijuana legalization, long-term unemployment and underemployment, the militarization of the police forces, and privacy. Instead we get meaningless platitudes of "middle class this" and "middle class that".
My generation feels like, besides Bernie and Liz, nobody is listening to us.
Meanwhile the Pukes were energized by bigotry and MSM scaremongering.
Speak for yourself, asshat.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:17 AM
Star Member pkdu (1,835 posts)
1. Oh bullshit ....your gen sat this one out with TV and Doritos
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:20 AM
Odin2005 (48,376 posts)
2. Thanks for showing your cluelessness.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 04:35 AM
Star Member Cha (151,941 posts)
12. Expecting everyone else to carry the burden of the Global Climate Change Crisis and oh,
let everyone worry about the Supreme Court turning even more fascist than it is.
I'd be ****ing ashamed to admit I sat home on my self righteous whiny ass .. Election Cycle 2014.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 06:47 AM
Star Member F4lconF16 (451 posts)
16. Congratulations.
You're the first person I've ever considered putting on ignore. **** your ignorance. Some of us care one hell of a lot. I got off my ass and got my friends to vote. I did phone banks for ballot measures up here in Washington. I worked this year, and I voted, and I voted Dem.
Yeah, a ton of millenials sat out. You want to know why? Every damn one that I talked to that I couldn't convince to vote didn't vote because they had no one to vote for. They told me they wanted to vote. They said they would love to vote. But when it's a choice between the slow road vs falling straight into hell, they refuse to take part in it. I convinced some, but the ones I couldn't cited having no progressive candidates as the reason for not voting. Yeah, it's stupid. It's unreasonable. But maybe if Dems weren't actively ****ing over my generation, they would vote for them. (And yeah. I know Republicans would be worse. Who gives a shit.)
So screw that. Sitting it out with TV and Doritos my ass. What a stupid, useless comment.
/end rant
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 03:43 PM
Star Member pkdu (1,835 posts)
45. No one to vote for , my ass....ask them how they feel after a year of Boehner/McConnell
And go ahead with the ignore...you already made MY point quite well but unintentionally .
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:35 AM
Star Member msongs (34,542 posts)
6. well your generation could have VOTED ANYWAY instead of getting in a sit out huff over it all nt
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:43 AM
Odin2005 (48,376 posts)
7. Thanks for refusing to understand apathetic Millennials.
That is really going to get them out to vote!
In reality they will roll your eyes and dismiss you as another clueless establishment tool who thinks they are entitled to their votes.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:47 AM
Star Member ZombieHorde (27,924 posts)
8. Sooo many people seem to think they're entitled to votes.
They will lose again and again until they learn entitlement, followed by whining, is a poor strategy for winning elections.
Just my opinion.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 02:55 AM
Odin2005 (48,376 posts)
9. Yup. Politicians have to earn people's votes.
You can't run a shitty campaign and say "you are an idiot for not voting for me because I suck less than the other guy".
People don't want to know why you suck less than the other guy, people want to know what you will do for them.
Oh, I don't know. It worked well for the GOP this election cycle. YOUR guy said his policies were on the ballot. Suck it.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 04:33 AM
Star Member TeamPooka (5,624 posts)
11. Nobody is listening to you because you have no voice without voting. But keep texting each other. nt
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 04:42 AM
Star Member ColesCountyDem (2,861 posts)
13. I call bullsh*t!
Don't blame anyone else for the fact that your generation sat at home, navel gazing, and allowed other people to choose your government for you!
Would you like some cheese with your whine?
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 03:33 PM
Odin2005 (48,376 posts)
39. Thanks for proving my point.
You got nothing except sounding like a grumpy old man yelling about those damned kids.
Welcome to the DU. Anybody remember what the average age is at the DUmp?
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 06:41 AM
livetohike (15,707 posts)
15. Voting is not about "What can I get out of this?" There is the problem
right there. One may not like their choices on the ballot , but we have a say in who governs us . Contemplate the alternative.
Your party does nothing BUT tell people to vote to get something out of "this".
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 09:35 AM
Dawgs (12,116 posts)
24. So, your generation is just as dumb and ignorant as Republicans.
Nice to know.
It doesn't take much effort to realize which party wants to work on those things that concern your generation. I mean, aren't millennials supposed to be all about new media. It's really not that hard to figure it out.
BTW, interesting that you don't mention global warming, the biggest threat to millennials.
And, maybe there's a reason that Democratic politicians talk about fixing the "middle class" instead of net neutrality. They know that people that actually vote are concerned about "middle class" issues. Start voting and politicians will start to market to you.
And, making excuses for not voting and then complaining you not getting what you want is beyond stupid.
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 11:14 AM
Star Member Enthusiast (33,439 posts)
27. Hey, Odin. My generation feels like, besides Bernie and Liz, nobody is listening to us. And I'm 62.
Bernie and Liz '16- Vote for the old white people!!
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Global Climate Change Crisis
Is this what they're calling it now?
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Ah, the Odin2005 primitive, the professional aspie primitive.
He's been gone for a long while; I worried about what might've happened.
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Ah, the Odin2005 primitive, the professional aspie primitive.
He's been gone for a long while; I worried about what might've happened.
At least he didn't choke on a marble...
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At least he didn't choke on a marble...
One can hope . . . :whistling:
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DU is not welcoming to Millenials and anyone under the age of 40.
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DU is not welcoming to Millenials and anyone under the age of 40.
DU is not welcoming to anything classified as "human".
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Does anyone recall what the average age was estimated to be over at DU? Wasn't it like 67 or so?
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Does anyone recall what the average age was estimated to be over at DU? Wasn't it like 67 or so?
Chronological, or mental?
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I have the distinctly odd impression that all those "Congratulations" and "Thanks" in that thread are somehow a bit less than completely sincere...
:popcorn:
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This Millenial voted... Straight R. Suck it DUmbasses.
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AGREED democrat leadership is incompetent. Two issues that could get primitive millenials to vote conservative.
1) Seriously address unemployment by reducing government and really growing the economy.
2) Passing of privacy laws for online spying on all citizens. The millenials spend their life online and don't necessarily want all of it sucked into a j edgar hoover file.
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No, DUmbass - I'd suggest to you the biggest problem Millennials have is 100k in college debt they cannot shake via bankruptcy (Thanks to Obama) and job prospects that involve deciding between flipping burgers at McDonald's or register jockey at Walmart (Also thanks to Obama).
Instead of finding their way in their own apartments & starting their own lives, they are moving back into their childhood rooms with mom & dad. As an added bonus, they get to gaze upon their high school trophies and their *NSYNC and/or Britney Spears posters -- which I'm sure are reminding them just how far they have gotten in life.
But at least they have health insurance, right ? I know when I was in my twenties, I was constantly sick just like nearly every other twenty-something - So, that insurance certainly comes in handy... :whatever:
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H5 on that one, Miskie, you are definitely speaking truth to stupid in that post!
:cheersmate:
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comment 2690:
http://conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=81827.2675
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(http://conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/catfight.gif)(http://conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/old.gif) :sad1: :bash:
:lol: This is what I envision reading that thread........are all of the threads like that since the election?
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(http://conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/catfight.gif)(http://conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/old.gif) :sad1: :bash:
:lol: This is what I envision reading that thread........are all of the threads like that since the election?
Yes. You could swing a stick while blindfolded over there, and hit a hundred or so threads just like this one. You should really go take a look, Gina. :-)
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At least he didn't choke on a marble...
That's cause they're up his bum.
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Yes. You could swing a stick while blindfolded over there, and hit a hundred or so threads just like this one. You should really go take a look, Gina. :-)
I'm really shocked Skinner is letting this go on publically. It's embarrassing to see them fighting and dropping to their knees crying. :whistling:
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... It's embarrassing to see them fighting and dropping to their knees crying. :whistling:
I would say "Highly entertaining" rather than embarrassing, myself...
:-)
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I would say "Highly entertaining" rather than embarrassing, myself...
:-)
Totally agree with you, DAT--H5 given.
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The strategy of insulting a group you are are trying to win over didn't really work out earlier in the week, did it, DUmbasses? I'm reminded of some of the troll commenters at Politico and such, who did nothing but hurl turds at people, hoping to get Dem votes, I guess. I always asked them, "do you think you're winning and hearts and minds like this?" They never reply.