The GOP self-destruction is complete: millennials officially hate conservatives, by Ana Marie Cox (Guardian)
The backlash machine has finally backfired with a generation that cringes at old people yelling at gay clouds
... The GOP has long staked a claim on The Disappearing Angry White Man, but they have apparently ever-narrowing odds of getting a bite at millennials, who appear to be more like The Somewhat Concerned Multicultural Moderate. This generation is racially diverse, pro-pot, pro-marriage equality and pro-online gambling. They are troubled by the deficit but believe in the social safety net: 74% of millennials, according to Reason, want the government to guarantee food and housing to all Americans. A Pew survey found that 59% of Americans under 30 say the government should do more to solve problems, while majorities in all other age groups thought it should do less.
The Rupe-Reason poll teases out some of the thinking behind the surge of young people abandoning the GOP, and finds a generation that is less apt to take to the streets, Occupy-style, than to throw a great block party: lots of drugs, poker and gays! Millennials don't want to change things, apparently – they want everyone to get along. The report observes "[m]any specifically identified LGBTQ rights as their primary reason for being liberal"; and "[o]ften, they decided they were liberals because they really didn’t like conservatives."
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Millennials reject older conservative "generation that cringes at old people yelling at gay clouds."
Some mornings I just can't stop laughing.
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I'm WAY past the millennial group but I share most of their views. Perhaps there is a bit hope, after all.
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