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MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
85. Actually, I've grown more radical as I've grown older
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jun 2016

Much of of that has to do with running out of fucks to give.

Not yet, thank goodness! merrily Jun 2016 #1
Well, I have changed, but in the opposite direction Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #2
Good for you! merrily Jun 2016 #33
Of course, if you look at the facts, there is no alternative but to become more liberal... Human101948 Jun 2016 #129
Same with me. The more I've learned, the more liberal I've become. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #132
In my early thirties and I am more left-wing than ever... nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #3
I might have considered voting for Bernie nest Jun 2016 #4
Bullshit nt rufus dog Jun 2016 #36
Hold on a sec LoverOfLiberty Jun 2016 #100
Did you miss ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #102
I have become more liberal Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #5
I like that! PJMcK Jun 2016 #12
Lol. Good answer. I just followed a topic to a site Hortensis Jun 2016 #68
The older I get, the more liberal I become. appleannie1 Jun 2016 #6
Happy almost birthday, appleannie1! (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2016 #14
More liberal, I was damn near "centrist" as a youth. Not quite but I could see TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #7
Always a pleasure and a privilege to see you, TheKentuckian. merrily Jun 2016 #34
You too my dear Merrily! TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #123
Who has ever suggested we "tear it all down"? Dawgs Jun 2016 #8
Fair enough. Although Susan Sarandon did, but she's just one person. DanTex Jun 2016 #16
Yet, HR 676 (Medicare for all) had 100 co-sponsors. Not many complaints about Medicare, either. merrily Jun 2016 #38
I think medicare is great, and support expansion. DanTex Jun 2016 #63
Again, I don't know of many complaints about it. merrily Jun 2016 #69
But what do you think of my idea, extending medicare for all, but letting people opt-out DanTex Jun 2016 #70
Again, there doesn't seem to be a problem "selling" Medicare to anyone. merrily Jun 2016 #71
There is to me, because I don't want it. What's wrong with letting people like me keep DanTex Jun 2016 #73
What is your specific problem with it? BTW, I am totally unfamiliar with any widespread reluctance merrily Jun 2016 #74
What is your problem with letting me keep the insurance I have now? DanTex Jun 2016 #77
You're "answering" a question with a question? You're problem with Medicare is your merrily Jun 2016 #79
I answered your question as to why I don't want medicare. Why don't you answer mine? DanTex Jun 2016 #81
Not really. You did not identify one real problem with Medicare, only an assumption--and one merrily Jun 2016 #82
That my doctor doesn't take medicare is a pretty big problem for me. DanTex Jun 2016 #83
You just said you didn't know if he takes it or not. If we went single payer, his option would be to merrily Jun 2016 #84
I'd be very surprised if he did. Assume he doesn't for this conversation. DanTex Jun 2016 #88
If we had single-payer, your doctor would have to take it or quit adigal Jun 2016 #91
If he quit that would be a problem for me. If he decided not to take insurance and just take DanTex Jun 2016 #92
Self payment? His business wouldn't last 3 months! adigal Jun 2016 #95
There are doctors who already don't accept insurance. DanTex Jun 2016 #96
Not necessarily mythology Jun 2016 #146
I see Single Payer as building up rather than tearing down since it's more inclusive suffragette Jun 2016 #142
You'll like that insurance a lot less when you have a serious illness. Gormy Cuss Jun 2016 #143
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #9
Your second paragraph shows your wisdom PJMcK Jun 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #21
Less naively idealistic. That's me for sure. redstateblues Jun 2016 #28
I would say ... I am still idealistic ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #103
You nailed it. Ain't got time for theoretical bullshit. bettyellen Jun 2016 #106
I've noticed a segment of the public thinks ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #108
I'm just the opposite MindPilot Jun 2016 #10
I've become more liberal PJMcK Jun 2016 #11
Yep. This is very true for me, as well. emmadoggy Jun 2016 #110
As I grow older 1939 Jun 2016 #13
More staunchly liberal left. longship Jun 2016 #15
It has been said that men get more conservative, women more liberal Maeve Jun 2016 #18
opposite. spanone Jun 2016 #19
At 74, I believe I have opened my mind with time. I have moved from right to left, losing the..... dmosh42 Jun 2016 #20
No. I'm more liberal. nt Ilsa Jun 2016 #22
I am also more liberal as I get older katmondoo Jun 2016 #23
Me too. femmocrat Jun 2016 #37
No. I'm getting more liberal as I get older. Aristus Jun 2016 #24
I'll be 66 in 3 weeks. I'm still as leftist as I was at 18. hobbit709 Jun 2016 #25
I think that many of us may think we have become more liberal, but the fact is that we have world wide wally Jun 2016 #26
Doesn't that assume that people on this thread in their sixties and seventies don't realize that? merrily Jun 2016 #42
Fuck no. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #27
DITTO Skittles Jun 2016 #117
More progressive, because modern "conservatives" . . . well, aren't. HughBeaumont Jun 2016 #29
Me too, for the same reason TubbersUK Jun 2016 #67
I don't know too much about Thatcher. white_wolf Jun 2016 #137
My younger thinking said I was entitled to free lunches and then I realized those working Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #30
Most adults realize that, but are tired of picking up the lunch tab for plutocrats. merrily Jun 2016 #43
Let's all lunch together! k8conant Jun 2016 #101
yes enid602 Jun 2016 #31
Sometimes our fundamental beliefs don't necessarily change. Captain Stern Jun 2016 #32
You're saying that almost everyone became liberal on that issue since Stonewall. merrily Jun 2016 #46
I don't think you even have to go back that far. Captain Stern Jun 2016 #51
The point was that most of the populatoin became more liberal about that issue. merrily Jun 2016 #72
I agree that that's what happened. Captain Stern Jun 2016 #99
Lifelong Democrat here, and almost 63. I'm sitting just about where I started. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #35
I wouldn't call it getting more conservative. sufrommich Jun 2016 #39
I do think the "tear-it-all-down" mentality Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #40
the meme that you get more conservative as you get older is bullshit rufus dog Jun 2016 #41
I have drifted left a little further each year JEB Jun 2016 #44
No. Definitely not. I used to be quite tolerant toward the bankers and Wall Street types Glorfindel Jun 2016 #45
Nope, I guess I just have that gene in me... Stellar Jun 2016 #47
Your thirties are when you start to come to terms with the way the world is Warpy Jun 2016 #48
hard to say the reference point keeps moving dembotoz Jun 2016 #49
Slightly more fiscally conservative but mostly auntpurl Jun 2016 #50
Nope I am 60 and still a bleeding heart liberal... Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #52
Like everyone does, I've changed Bluzmann57 Jun 2016 #53
I am a LOT older than you, but yes, I see it in myself. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #54
Hell, no wryter2000 Jun 2016 #55
When I was younger I was more conservative kimbutgar Jun 2016 #56
I wouldn't necessarily say more conservative DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #57
Is it more "conservative" or more "measured"? forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #58
no at 74 years of age.... chillfactor Jun 2016 #59
I've moved left. GoldenSF Jun 2016 #60
I'm 67 and voted for Bernie HockeyMom Jun 2016 #61
Opposite. We is definitely supplanting me. seabeckind Jun 2016 #62
More or less the opposite for me. Adrahil Jun 2016 #64
I'm more aware of my own economic ignorance. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #65
I never resolved my idealism from my 20's libodem Jun 2016 #66
Well kinda ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #75
I get less Conservative all the time. Squinch Jun 2016 #76
No. Moving the opposite direction. mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #78
Nope! PasadenaTrudy Jun 2016 #80
Actually, I've grown more radical as I've grown older MrScorpio Jun 2016 #85
Nope mcar Jun 2016 #86
I just turned 30 and am more liberal than I was in my early 20s. Svafa Jun 2016 #87
Politically, I'm getting more and more liberal because I see inequality worsen adigal Jun 2016 #89
Yep. Svafa Jun 2016 #93
Definitely edhopper Jun 2016 #90
I think the words 'conservative and progressive' are misused in todays politics. Sunlei Jun 2016 #94
No. elleng Jun 2016 #97
I've become more liberal/progressive as I've gotten older. Frank Cannon Jun 2016 #98
Definitely grumpier. HassleCat Jun 2016 #104
Not me! When I was younger, I wanted to tax the rich.... Bigmack Jun 2016 #105
In my mid fifties. I don't believe that I've changed; the two parties have pokerfan Jun 2016 #107
I'm nearing sixty eight stage left Jun 2016 #109
I was radicalized by the George W. Bush administration, John Poet Jun 2016 #111
I'm 72 and frogmarch Jun 2016 #112
I've gone more left Tree-Hugger Jun 2016 #113
No, just the opposite. ananda Jun 2016 #114
Far more liberal here Red Mountain Jun 2016 #115
Every year I get more liberal. Rex Jun 2016 #116
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #118
This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jun 2016 #119
Getting old now, and it's all been an upward Liberal curve pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #120
No. Less conservative and rapidly so. Chan790 Jun 2016 #121
A lot of dems are getting more conservative... here, there and everywhere. demmiblue Jun 2016 #122
I've moved from Stalin to Lenin. rug Jun 2016 #124
I've moved from Queen to pawn three pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #135
I always side with the pawns. rug Jun 2016 #138
Nope. phylny Jun 2016 #125
I am not more conservative, but I see the world as more gray than black and white Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #126
Well said. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #128
always and forever a LIBERAL handmade34 Jun 2016 #127
No, more amazed though at how repetitive the human race has shown itself to be... AuntPatsy Jun 2016 #130
I've gotten more liberal with age TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #131
I actually thought more in absolutes when I was younger. CBHagman Jun 2016 #133
Hell no, completely the opposite laundry_queen Jun 2016 #134
Totally opposite! The establishment screws most people unless you are in the upper percentile... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #136
I'm also in my late 30's Zing Zing Zingbah Jun 2016 #139
I'M getting more liberal and more leave me the hell alone. sarcasmo Jun 2016 #140
Sorry, but real liberals are the small-c 'conservatives' at this point. Marr Jun 2016 #141
A lot more conservative taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #144
I seem to be moving farther to the Left Bettie Jun 2016 #145
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