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deurbano

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11. "Conservative" seniors these days are willing to blow the whole thing up

Reply to DBoon (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:58 AM

Jun 2018

as long as straight white people are on top and the patriarchy survives. That's all they want to "conserve." Screw basic decency. Screw all norms of civil society. Screw what Jesus said. Screw the environment... and everything else.

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Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don't Survive to Become Seniors [View all] gollygee Jun 2018 OP

People, in General, Tend to Grow More Conservative as They Age dlk Jun 2018 #1

Not me ... If anything, I've gotten more liberal the older I get. Ohiogal Jun 2018 #5

Same here Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #15

I've found I've become more conservative as I age DBoon Jun 2018 #6

"Conservative" seniors these days are willing to blow the whole thing up deurbano Jun 2018 #11

I've never been more liberal than I am now. defacto7 Jun 2018 #7

My grandmother was just the opposite Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #8

this is not true. people say this because of White Voters in the US JI7 Jun 2018 #13

Not I. I was simply a liberal a decade ago, I appreciate some of the ideas of Marx today. ck4829 Jun 2018 #17

You realize as you get older that you are on a fixed income that tRump et al are threatening to take MiniMe Jun 2018 #2

I'm one of those seniors who has gotten PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #3

Seniors are liberals tooooooooooo. Iliyah Jun 2018 #4

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2018 #9

I've always been very liberal politically, Greybnk48 Jun 2018 #10

When I was young I was liberal. Now that I'm old, I'm even more liberal. Stonepounder Jun 2018 #12

The last thirty years have turned me into a Leveler. byronius Jun 2018 #14

The greatest percent of poor is still white, and most vote republican... beachbum bob Jun 2018 #16

If race determined voting, okay. Igel Jun 2018 #18