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In reply to the discussion: Why Young People Are Right About Hillary Clinton - by Matt Taibbi [View all]gelatinous cube
(50 posts)28. Yep.
I think young people just want someone they can trust, and the political system keeps telling them to go fuck themselves. That's why Sanders was so refreshing and why Clinton is such a finger to the eye.
Most of my class supports the candidate they trust; not one supports Clinton.
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Electric Monk
Mar 2016
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Or it could just be that young people are naturally drawn to outsider candidates?
Blue_Tires
Mar 2016
#2
Not sure it's that young people are drawn to outsiders. My take on recent elections.
PoliticalMalcontent
Mar 2016
#9
Or it could be that they know that Hillary has gambled their future away.
Major Hogwash
Mar 2016
#13
I think young people who pay any attention at all see what is going on a lot better than
TryLogic
Mar 2016
#15
"... Hillary Clinton personally, has been on the wrong side of virtually all of these issues. "
Scuba
Mar 2016
#32
In the past, when teaching, I used tell kids that doing well in class would help then out in
DhhD
Mar 2016
#40
So much in Taibbi's article is the reality of how I see it. I just can't reconcile how this
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#42