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olddots

(10,237 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 07:52 PM Feb 2015

Are we boomers the more liberal here on DU ?

I have personally become a ledt wing Arche Bunker since 2000 .I really annoy myself but its put of control .

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Are we boomers the more liberal here on DU ? (Original Post) olddots Feb 2015 OP
I do know that DU is a place SheilaT Feb 2015 #1
I've always been liberal, but as I get older I know the difference between wishes and reality. OKNancy Feb 2015 #2
yeah it's too hard we can't do it that's reality LiberalElite Apr 2016 #9
Same here. Perhaps one of the most irritating things to observe ... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #11
I'm so far left I'm a Bernie Sanders' socialist left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #3
maybe. GuyVelella Apr 2015 #4
months later in July olddots Jul 2015 #5
The Underground Democratique^ Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #7
same answer as I wrote above in Feb. OKNancy Jul 2015 #8
I'm 60, and I'm as far left wing as they come. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #6
Counter Rushstar15 May 2016 #10
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. I do know that DU is a place
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:52 AM
Feb 2015

I can comfortably express my inner left wing Archie Bunker.

I'm 66, and the older I get the more liberal I become.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
2. I've always been liberal, but as I get older I know the difference between wishes and reality.
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 05:57 AM
Feb 2015

I have become more pragmatic when it comes to politics. Living in Oklahoma is a challenge!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
11. Same here. Perhaps one of the most irritating things to observe ...
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 07:58 AM
Mar 2017

... are the "wishers" who fall behind because the believe that "right is might" and rush headlong into failure and defeat when they lack a strategy, a plan, and realistic expectations.

It's an age-old problem. They just won't listen to age and wisdom.

One day, they too, will understand.

Our children's hell, will slowly go by.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
3. I'm so far left I'm a Bernie Sanders' socialist
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:43 PM
Mar 2015

But the phrase "left wing Archie Bunker" sounds like an oxymoron.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
6. I'm 60, and I'm as far left wing as they come.
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:22 PM
Jul 2015

If I go any farther left, I'll fall off the left side of the earth.

Rushstar15

(2 posts)
10. Counter
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:47 AM
May 2016

I am 24, and I am so liberal I think I'm on another planet. So, maybe? I know my age demographic identifies more highly with demographics (10 percentage pt difference)than Republicans, but we don't vote, so...

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