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(11,493 posts)littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)KS Toronado
(24,395 posts)littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)Wednesdays
(23,641 posts)Most with "insurrectionist beards."
Yeah, MAGAts.
SergeStorms
(21,176 posts)I'm a straight white male "boomer" with a beard! I've had a beard (neatly trimmed, though) since I was old enough to grow one.
I've been a liberal Democrat my entire life, and even more so now since fascism started kicking down our doors.
Maybe I'm a "horse of a different color," but we're not all MAGAt brains. 😉
slightlv
(8,320 posts)and a life-long democrat. I hate it when I hear the generalization people make that "old people" always turn conservative as they age. That is SO not true, as are most generalizations. And (just generalizing here... lol), I have found that when people live a life where deprivation, insecurity, and worry are near constant companions, it tends to make them more empathetic towards others... not sadistic. But, like you, I've *always* been a horse of a different color! (LOL)
homegirl
(2,050 posts)very senior former Democrat who has progressed to Social Democrat!
You are not alone!
I am a boomer and so have been 60-70% of the folks who have attended the four No Kings
events we have been to!
They GET it!
Wednesdays
(23,641 posts)I don't have a beard, but I'm a straight white male boomer, living in a blood red state. On paper I should be the Trumpiest of the Trumpers and if someone saw me on the street, they would immediately assume I was one of them.
I was commenting on the little pics in the OP, and they definitely look the part.
IbogaProject
(6,219 posts)I've always been a Democratic Party supporter, but back when NJ had a loophole in their primary system I voted on our column listed under GOP as my affiliation. I voted in the 1988 primary for Jesse Jackson. My hometown was predominately minority so I listed GOP in solidarity with my brothers and sisters who still registered that way due to our party harboring racists before the 70s. I switched that registration when I registered in NYC in 2008. I tend to dress slightly conservative so sometimes people assume I am politically conservative. I merely like collared shirts and it helps me to blend in doing IT consulting. I was always anti-racist and my economics degree made it clear progressive taxation is needed due to the physics of a wealthy person being unable to spend money locally with anywhere near the velocity of a working class person. I hate when Adam Smith gets put up as being some kind of libertarian supporter when he clearly advocated for steeply progressive taxes, strict regulation on banks as well as constraining corporations when used to collude and impede competition.
PatrickforB
(15,572 posts)I did a search and found this: https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/52188-how-many-americans-maga-republicans-poll
This gives data for Republicans and the percent who are MAGA by various demographics. When you look at this, you will see that it is pretty even in terms of GenZ, Millennial, GenX and Boomers in terms of age groupings.
See, we always have to look at the weight of bot and troll propaganda. This is sophisticated and there are many players, but I am seeing many more blame the boomers kinds of posts on social media. This is because Wall Street wants the Social Security trust fund. Look at what the snake Mike Johnson just said about cut, cut, cut, cut on Social Security.
The problem is that years of irresponsible 'supply side' or 'trickle-down' tax cuts for billionaires and corporations has made it so our treasury no longer has the money to support programs that actually benefit American families at their kitchen table.
Consider the Medicaid cuts in the disgusting ugly bill. All over the US, we are seeing rural assisted living and memory care centers as well as hospitals having to close because most of their revenue came from Medicaid billing to the federal government.
See, this is ALL and ALWAYS about shareholder PROFITS for Wall Street and modern Epstein-class robber barons lining their pockets at ALL OF OUR EXPENSE.
Remember please that divide and conquer is an age-old tried-and-true strategies for the robber barons to make us hate each other instead of seeing how they are screwing us.
Problem is, it works. So, no criticism to you, but asking you please be mindful of this moving forward.
Wednesdays
(23,641 posts)My comment was solely on the little pics in the OP, not a widespread generalization of an entire class of people. Sorry if that was unclear.
littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)Don't believe the hype.
synni
(823 posts)That's why young women are avoiding young men in droves.
Moostache
(11,369 posts)THAT is exactly on point!
littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)erronis
(25,281 posts)I don't trust polls without a lot of information about how it was conducted and population/sample verification.
littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)
erronis
(25,281 posts)So why wouldn't this be a pertinent question?
littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)To release the content at specified intervals mimicking human communication. The exact same message is propagated multiple times to appear as if it's coming from a wide variety of individuals which are actually just bot accounts.
Each one of the phones in the photo represents a bot account. They are configured in a network. The Russians are experts in this.
Widely accepted research has revealed that as much as 50% of the communication over the internet is unreliable in part because of the proliferation of dis/misinformation by bot networks.
They aren't individual entities. They work as a group in a network. That's why they are called bot farms.
And there's nothing wrong with the question. ❤️
erronis
(25,281 posts)OK - we're on the same page(s).
(Me looking on how to use those "classic smilies" ):
littlemissmartypants
(36,088 posts)Not everyone may really understand it.
General information for those readers who may not have any idea. 🫡
live love laugh
(16,601 posts)and its irrelevant because only they go there. They thrive when an enemy of the opposite race or political ideology is present. But only a controlled enemy thats censored or in smaller numbers. Basically they are mental and physical weaklings.
FakeNoose
(43,409 posts)erronis
(25,281 posts)His only goal is to such as many people and money into his tarpit as possible.
Efilroft Sul
(4,507 posts)Glad I got off years ago.
relogic
(443 posts)Janbdwl72
(341 posts)That Jack Smith is a Federal Judge, not the special counsel. And he does not understand what an indictment is.
And strongly. believes Smith will be prosecuted. Now on that, I won't at all be surprised if there's an attempt by the Felon and his legal minions.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,975 posts)ffr
(23,467 posts)It's the first thing that comes to mind whenever I hear a RWNJ speak. I mean, what happened to them during their childhood and what lead based activities do they still absorb themselves in?? Shooting 2nd amendment lead bullets? Tinkering with leaded-gas only vehicles and equipment and/or storing such vehicles indoors with TEL gasoline in them?
purr-rat beauty
(1,780 posts)I wouldn't know how these idiots are being received as I prefer not to use Meta products consciously
Over at Bluesky you can quickly pick up on these characters/bots/trolls
