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Weird that the age group that conservatives shit on the most don't particularly care for conservatism. Maybe the Republicans should again double-down on alienating everyone who isn't an old, white, Christian man? That seems to be a genius strategy.
The GOP has neatly painted themselves into a corner. They dare not reach out to anyone who isn't an old, white, Christian man. I've seen them fail over and over and over again, even with the tiniest shred of rhetoric.
While my old ass had enjoyed watching them tank themselves, it's not so funny anymore. They're lashing out hard. Beating up the LGBT folks, restricting the vote for POC, going full steam on religion in government, hell, many loudmouths talked raising the voting age! (Which requires a Constitutional amendment, so I applaud the waste of energy.)
Some younger person will come along and scream, "They've always been like that!!!" No. They haven't. The last 8-10 years has been radical.
I'm 40. I was protesting Iraq deux when I was 18. All the years have been radical, with varying success, on the right. The Democrats have, in modern history, been a centrist or right leaning party depending on who you ask.
Absolutely scream from the rooftops the electoral plight of gerrymandering, suppression of black and latino votes, hatred of different sexualities and gender identities, and the god damn electoral college.
It's never been funny and it's been going on for a lot longer than 8-10 years.
Yeah, they've distilled their party into the most hateful, intolerant, closed-minded, nationalistic, know-nothing extremists. Those people have long found a home in the GOP, but now they're the driving force of the party.
Those who remain affiliated are either fascists or those who think (incorrectly) they can wrangle them, which makes them collaborators in my book.