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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:17 AM Original message |
Your theory on why there are so many young conservatives? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Parents, upbringing, teach our children well, sometimes doesn't always |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hero worship |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. My thirteen year old daughter hits the fundies hard on hero's |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That's the division in the republican party |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. You posted simultaneously with me. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. They had a special news debate on a local news channel.. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Youth and ignorance are a natural fit |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. same reason the young are attracted to gangs and cults |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Specifically, regarding the S.S. privatization, it is greed + fear |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. They believe they'll be very wealthy someday. |
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Spaceman Spiff (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. As Bil Maher said: |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Exactly. They believe they are going to be in the ruling class |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. She tells how good it is to work 2 or 3 jobs! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. personally, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I think this is most likely true, too. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, a lot of them have grown up getting |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. Republican propaganda/tactics work best on the naive. n/t |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. EVERY immature person is SURE they'll be a gazillionaire one day. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So true! I worked with one. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. Americans are not taught respect any longer |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. There's rude people everywhere |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. They have not gone through any |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. The fundamentalist movement has been very |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. It has become 'cool' |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. Young and dumb. Party of the "rich". |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I, too, liked Reagan... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. The 80s were very careerist and these young people were raised |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. Young people need a cause... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. That just reflects either an underlying weakness in the culture or |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. It is human nature... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. Children of the yuppies. Material possessions are what they idolize. |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Yeah, aren't we lucky the "hippie" generation is in charge now. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. Because the Republican dismantling of education is working |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Exactly. And the school system's goal is conformity, not education |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
71. Good one!! eom |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:08 AM Original message |
John Dean |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. Deluded Optimism |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. Here is one of the reasons |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. It requires less thought...less effort...to become a conservative... |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
29. Part of the cycle of society... |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. Most of them have never lived in a time when liberals were in |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Ding Ding Ding! And Reagan also deep-sixed the "Fairness Doctrine" |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. I started thinking liberal in school. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. Rebellion to the older generation maybe? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. Two reasons, I think: |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Part of it is just plain rebelling |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. Because apples don't fall too far from the tree. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
43. Naivety |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. It is about control |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. you answered yourself: "They are lacking in critical thinking skills." |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Yes, "critical thinking" is key here |
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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
47. We need to bring the 'New Rich" into the fold... |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. So many reasons |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. They Are Dumb Assholes n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
50. Are we still not recognizing this all started with Ronald Reagan? |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
52. Lack of education about basic civics. There are FAR too many people |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'm not sure there really ARE that many. |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Home schooling? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. I don't think there are all that many |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Corporations, media, age of teachers and parents. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. If it's true |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
60. For the same reason young people join street gangs |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
61. It's drilled into their heads by their parents |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
62. Because there is NO DRAFT! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. TRUE! They'd quickly learn their history and rights if they were about |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. Rush Limbaugh |
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SensibleAmerican (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
64. This is not 1972 anymore |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
65. Most young people haven't developed the capacity to |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
66. Television primarily, |
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FujiZ1 (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
67. It's simply easier. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
68. Liberals and the left do a poor job of making an appealing, relevant |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. Because kids schedules are so regimented, they don't learn to think indepe |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
70. Because they see Republicans as WINNERS---rich, powerful, "large |
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kittenpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
73. Selfishness & materialism are considered okay, if not encouraged |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
74. Most kids are 'liberal' |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
75. It's the easy/lazy way out. Requires little or no thinking. |
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