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malaise

(268,930 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 08:44 AM Aug 2020

My oldest great niece told me that she can't wait to CoronaVote

She said she and her friends are going to make him pay not only for all these deaths, but also for their missed final term in high school, their prom, their messed up summer and the confusion about college. They really really hate him. They are in Texas.

I loved that she called it their CoronaVote. Pass it on!

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My oldest great niece told me that she can't wait to CoronaVote (Original Post) malaise Aug 2020 OP
Your entire family sounds awesome....I want to be adopted...LOL. n/t monmouth4 Aug 2020 #1
I do too! 2naSalit Aug 2020 #6
Most of them are awesome, but we all have effed up relatives malaise Aug 2020 #22
Welcome to my world, all of my aunts, uncles and cousins are trumpers, I'm the black sheep and monmouth4 Aug 2020 #32
We only have one Trumper in law malaise Aug 2020 #33
Good! n/t monmouth4 Aug 2020 #35
Poor kids SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2
Yeah, they lost something that they will never get back. Blue_true Aug 2020 #41
So sad SheltieLover Aug 2020 #42
The younger ones North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #3
Same with my grandson, class of 2020 tavernier Aug 2020 #4
As Redwitch wrote malaise Aug 2020 #23
Quaranteens to the rescue! redwitch Aug 2020 #5
I am stealing that - brilliant malaise Aug 2020 #20
Excellent! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #34
I stole it from someone on Facebook! redwitch Aug 2020 #37
Growing the Dem Party DownriverDem Aug 2020 #7
It will take Scarsdale Aug 2020 #8
Love it Joinfortmill Aug 2020 #9
Is she "Gen -Z" ? Go Gen-Z ! Miigwech Aug 2020 #10
Wish I could answer - help me - she's 18 malaise Aug 2020 #21
I should have looke it up first! Miigwech Aug 2020 #50
Thanks malaise Aug 2020 #51
I hope we can get Georgian teenagers to do the same. Ilsa Aug 2020 #11
I'm already proud of Hannah Watters malaise Aug 2020 #28
Formidable! Mme. Defarge Aug 2020 #12
I think Texas is approaching fiippable. ananda Aug 2020 #13
Texas may go blue. By rights In 2020 it would. argyl Aug 2020 #26
If widespread, this is AMAZING!!!!!! american_ideals Aug 2020 #14
How exciting!! When the young folks get riled up about something yellowdogintexas Aug 2020 #15
Karma for fucking with TikTok. Tommymac Aug 2020 #16
I think they realize that it's their future and indeed present malaise Aug 2020 #31
CoronaVote! Heartstrings Aug 2020 #17
This does beg the question... Pluvious Aug 2020 #18
I plan on voting in person democrattotheend Aug 2020 #52
This gave me Mira Aug 2020 #19
I think we need ads for the Quaranteens (trademark REdwitch) malaise Aug 2020 #25
I'll take their support SpaceNeedle Aug 2020 #24
We know that - they weren't paying attention malaise Aug 2020 #27
Hey, they are kids. We all were at one time. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #45
malaise...She and her friends sound AWESOME! Upthevibe Aug 2020 #29
You and yours are malaise Aug 2020 #30
kick Dawson Leery Aug 2020 #36
K&R!!!!!!!!!! diva77 Aug 2020 #38
Good. Let's hope that is the sentiment across the US (I believe it is), PatrickforO Aug 2020 #39
GOOD ON THEM Skittles Aug 2020 #40
God, I love this! Sogo Aug 2020 #43
Will see if it can trend on twitter. Historic NY Aug 2020 #44
My daughter is this same age genxlib Aug 2020 #46
We'll see re the polls but your daughter's interest is a very good sign malaise Aug 2020 #47
Take Out the Trash Day is coming dalton99a Aug 2020 #48
Love it malaise Aug 2020 #49

monmouth4

(9,694 posts)
32. Welcome to my world, all of my aunts, uncles and cousins are trumpers, I'm the black sheep and
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 01:53 PM
Aug 2020

only Democrat in the crew. They hate me, I love it!!!!

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
2. Poor kids
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 08:54 AM
Aug 2020

tRump virus has really thrown the screws to their lives, their dreams, their relationships.

Good for your niece.

CoronaVote - I love it!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
41. Yeah, they lost something that they will never get back.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:15 PM
Aug 2020

To this day, I remember my high school graduation ceremony and showing up to my dorm room as a college freshman. They almost surely will have neither.

tavernier

(12,377 posts)
4. Same with my grandson, class of 2020
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 09:09 AM
Aug 2020

and starting university this week.

Hurricane Irma destroyed much of their sophomore year and Hurricane Rump wiped out their senior year.

We were so excited to talk about how he will do as a college student, far from home on his own. Normally our discussion would center around choosing his major, wondering about his dorm and campus. Now much of it is about warnings to mask, the need to social distance from new friends and classmates, staying safe because this is Florida, hot spot state.

He and his friends have already made plans on where and when they will vote. I’m sure this wouldn’t have been a priority for a new college kid any other year, but they have a bit of pay back on their agendas

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
50. I should have looke it up first!
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 03:52 PM
Aug 2020

"Generation Z (aka Gen Z, iGen, or centennials), refers to the generation that was born between 1996-2010, following millennials. This generation has been raised on the internet and social media, with some the oldest finishing college by 2020 and entering the workforce."

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
11. I hope we can get Georgian teenagers to do the same.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

Those 17-19 year olds have lost a lot of great memories because of trumpty-numpty. And I bet many of them know someone or of someone, who has died.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
26. Texas may go blue. By rights In 2020 it would.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:55 AM
Aug 2020

But the voter suppression here. And among so many things the need to correct this will be high on our priority.

Anyway, the flop sweat rolling off the Dotard is obvious.
He's losing and losing badly. His own internal polling is telling him this.
And how stupid does someone have to be to publicly speculate on ways to either cheat once again or talk of staying past his ill gotten four years. That I hope he tries. I'd love to see him given the bum's rush and then tossed out on his fat behind into the hands of the New York justice system and then the Manhattan Correctional Center.

american_ideals

(613 posts)
14. If widespread, this is AMAZING!!!!!!
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:43 AM
Aug 2020

One of the biggest weaknesses of the Democratic Party is that young people support it but they DONT VOTE.

Old people turn out, and young people don’t.

If what you’re saying is true, and young people turn out in large numbers, November will be a Democratic landslide beyond our imagination.

Tell her to make sure she votes for the Democratic Senate candidate too!!!!

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
15. How exciting!! When the young folks get riled up about something
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:52 AM
Aug 2020

it is pretty much get out of the way. I am sure that they all have friends who have had it up to their hairline with everything.

I hope that your state has a straight ticket block but if not, please remind them to vote all the way to the bottom. Tell them that is how these maniacs took over, by starting with school boards, city councils, county judges, over 40 years ago. Those positions are stepping stones to legislatures, Congress, judicial appointments and so on.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
16. Karma for fucking with TikTok.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:04 AM
Aug 2020

I am so glad to see the youth get excited...fingers crossed the majority of them put their votes where their mouths are.

Pluvious

(4,309 posts)
18. This does beg the question...
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:37 AM
Aug 2020

Who's the more likely to vote in person, vs mail in ?

Maybe sabotaging the USPS - used by the older Fox indoctrinated conservatives types - is possibly a strategy to backfire ?

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
52. I plan on voting in person
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 05:09 PM
Aug 2020

And I encourage every Democrat who is young and healthy enough to do so. IMO we are promoting vote by mail at our peril.

malaise

(268,930 posts)
25. I think we need ads for the Quaranteens (trademark REdwitch)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:54 AM
Aug 2020

to get out their CoronaVotes.

he called it a hoax - then your final term was on line, your prom was canceled, your parents were sent packing from work, your summer was messed up and you're still not sure if college will be on line or in person.

Use your trump card and CoronaVote him out!

 

SpaceNeedle

(191 posts)
24. I'll take their support
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:52 AM
Aug 2020

but there was enough awful stuff before Corona to make him pay as well. It shouldn't have taken corona to wake them up.

malaise

(268,930 posts)
27. We know that - they weren't paying attention
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:56 AM
Aug 2020

I am happy for where they are now - I am happy for folks like Hannah Watters and delighted that great niece and her friends are waking up.

Upthevibe

(8,038 posts)
29. malaise...She and her friends sound AWESOME!
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:14 PM
Aug 2020

Both of my nephews live in Austin. They and their wives are VERY politically active. One of my nephews' currently works for a non-profit committed to turning Texas Blue.

I think they detest this monster more than even some of us on DU do. This is the world we're potentially leaving them and they ARE NOT happy about it! They're doing everything they can to turn this ship in another direction. I'm SO proud of these upcoming generations! One nephew and his wife are Gen-X-er's and the other and his wife are Millennials.

CoronaVote!!!

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
39. Good. Let's hope that is the sentiment across the US (I believe it is),
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 09:12 PM
Aug 2020

and that the kids vote Biden. I believe they will, even more so if he chooses a VP as wisely as I suspect he will.

Skittles

(153,147 posts)
40. GOOD ON THEM
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:10 PM
Aug 2020

certainly younger folk cannot afford the luxury of waiting to become politically active, the way previous generations have, they are being hit from all sides.....GET OUT THERE, YOUNG FOLK!!!

genxlib

(5,524 posts)
46. My daughter is this same age
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 07:07 AM
Aug 2020

I think this group of kids was already pretty blue considering how they grew up in the school shooting years. They are also very diverse when it comes to race and gender equality.

I think the age old question is whether it will get them to the polls in significantly higher numbers. They have the power to change everything if they choose to use it.

My feeling is that the last six months will encourage voting at a rate we have never seen.

That is a guess but I can tell you our personal experience. My daughter spent hours researching minor judges and community service boards to vote absentee in our primary last week. She will do what it takes to vote this year and I have no doubt who that will be for.

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