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[-] Plume@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 6 months ago

I gotta give these people credit. It must take a massive amount of effort to try and be this consistently on the wrong side of history. Like, at some point, it has to be deliberate...

[-] soba@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago

They think they're on the right side of history. It's 100% deliberate. They never admit they are wrong about anything because the thought is completely foreign to them. Right wing boomers absolutely believe they are 100% in the right on every single issue. They can't even imagine they aren't.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

boomers

Why specifically call out people over 60 here...?

[-] soba@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

Because they vote republican by a large margin?

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Looks like 35% republican vs 33% democrat (versus 32% "independent" who might all vote republican for all I know).

But there's a lot of republicans under 60 too so not getting the point of the random ageism.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Lemmy is big on ageism and throwing around the word boomer (incorrectly.)

Which is funny since there are a lot of older people on Lemmy, who most likely do not agree with the Republican agenda.

[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Except the Senate actually is boomers. Average age over 60

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