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Trump's biggest demo win was with old white men. And if you didn't see anger in the voting base supporting Trump, you didn't pay attention.

 

Take the anecdotal survey here. Tom, Jim, Nanker, Dev, etc. Angry old honkeys.

 

Never said mellenials weren't angry. But good straw man.

From your anecdotal survey, cite one of my posts that indicated I had or ever intended to vote for Trump

 

Go ahead, I'll wait

Azalin nails it. As Gen X and Boomers get older they start despising Millenials, just like the Greatest Generation (rightfully) despised them. It's daddy issues all the way down.

 

As an X'er stuck in the middle of that argument, it has been my observation that there are good and bad apples in both. I've met plenty of special snowflake dried up granola hippie boomers and plenty of hard working decent millenials

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Azalin nails it. As Gen X and Boomers get older they start despising Millenials, just like the Greatest Generation (rightfully) despised them. It's daddy issues all the way down.

I wish that wasn't the case. I (GenX) don't depise them... I depise Boommers though... Just a wee bit. ;-) ;-) My parents are not Boomers.

 

Boomers... Just a shear numbers and acting selfish thing. The "me" generation. And... You really see it manifest itself in our current prez.

From your anecdotal survey, cite one of my posts that indicated I had or ever intended to vote for Trump

 

Go ahead, I'll wait

 

 

As an X'er stuck in the middle of that argument, it has been my observation that there are good and bad apples in both. I've met plenty of special snowflake dried up granola hippie boomers and plenty of hard working decent millenials

Exactly. I am caught in middle too being an early Xer, but not a Boomer. You gotta be closer to a Yer or Millenn?

 

http://socialmarketing.org/archives/generations-xy-z-and-the-others/

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I wish that wasn't the case. I (GenX) don't depise them... I depise Boommers though... Just a wee bit. ;-) ;-) My parents are not Boomers.

 

Boomers... Just a shear numbers and acting selfish thing. The "me" generation. And... You really see it manifest itself in our current prez.

 

Exactly. I am caught in middle too being an early Xer, but not a Boomer. You gotta be closer to a Yer or Millenn?

 

http://socialmarketing.org/archives/generations-xy-z-and-the-others/

I didn't even know there was such a thing as Generation Y. Thought it went Greatest to Boomer to Xer to Millenial

 

How is Generation X a 10 year generation but Y is 17 years? And wtf is Boomer I and Boomer II :lol:

 

Not sure that site's generation list is quite accurate, I always thought Xers went into the early 80s

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Boy Blunder: I offered a lot of thoughts on why Hillary lost to Trump in other threads. In this thread attacking young people, where the star analysts are angry white guys, age and sex was the counterpoint to show which demo most supported Trump.

 

Hope you can comprehend that in between the Captain's ping pong balls bouncing around in your mind.

 

One of these days, you should give us your 9-11 theories. You keep dodging on that. I wonder why.

 

You attempted a laughable analysis and got called out on it for being laughable. That's on you, not me. You didn't do it to highlight which demo supported Trump, you flat out said "angry white guys" brought us Trump. That's false -- regardless of the thread you're posting in. Again, facts and reasonable analysis isn't your strong suit.

 

Step your game up and do better... or you can keep making stuff up about me in a desperate attempt to shift the focus from your simple mindedness. It's working great for you so far. :lol:

From your anecdotal survey, cite one of my posts that indicated I had or ever intended to vote for Trump

 

Go ahead, I'll wait

 

Shhh... don't you get it? He was just making a social commentary on the thread, he wasn't serious when he said what he said.

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I didn't even know there was such a thing as Generation Y. Thought it went Greatest to Boomer to Xer to Millenial

 

How is Generation X a 10 year generation but Y is 17 years? And wtf is Boomer I and Boomer II :lol:

 

Not sure that site's generation list is quite accurate, I always thought Xers went into the early 80s

Yeah... Much debate.

 

Xers are hard to pin down, so much societal change say from 1964 to 1980.

 

I can see the difference between me (1968) and guys at work just a few years older or younger. Again so much in society was changing. Major changes. Probably why Xers are a small group. They were being born during that cultural "sea change."

 

Millenns are basically kids of Boomers. But there were the early Boomers having kids young. My cousins are such.

 

I can definitely tell diff between Boomer I & II. Through my career, I have worked with them all... From Greatest on up.

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I didn't even know there was such a thing as Generation Y. Thought it went Greatest to Boomer to Xer to Millenial

 

How is Generation X a 10 year generation but Y is 17 years? And wtf is Boomer I and Boomer II :lol:

 

Not sure that site's generation list is quite accurate, I always thought Xers went into the early 80s

 

Millennials, technically, are born between 1981-2004 -- at least according to advertisers.

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Millennials, technically, are born between 1981-2004 -- at least according to advertisers.

Yeah there is blending here. My son, 1998 behaves more like an Milenn... Daughter, 2002, is different. You wouldn't think those 4 years have a bearing.

 

Same with me and my siblings. 1968 vs. 1964/1963. I mean, I still had few years in school where we had "air raid" drills. I remember asking a teacher about it. She replied: "In case communists attack us."

 

Now look @ me... I am a commie! ;-)

 

But... I can see difference in managerial style say with my original Greatest Gen boss through to my Boommer II boss.

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I think about my parents... Too young to fight WWII... But too old to get caught up in all the hippy bullschit. They were too busy working, raising a family.

 

We used to have kids on street that were coming of age during early 1970s, late 1960s... My mother and parents could relate, but they were distant with their establishment take on things, but understood the angst. Fast forward to 1980s, my mother caught up with one of the kids, hippies, that lived on our street... successful businessman. I think they crossed paths while in Tops or somewhere. Anyway, they got to talking and how they remembered the advice my mother would give back in the day. How it all started to make sense to them now that they have children of their own.

 

It really does take a village. Cringe all you want.

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Who gave us Trump?

 

Angry white guys, i.e., PPP.

 

This is ridiculous. I don't remember there being a lot of angry white guys at the polls voting for Trump. In fact, I don't remember seeing many angry white guys at all.

 

At least not until Trump won.

 

Then I saw a lot of this:

 

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Now THAT'S angry!

 

If only Hillary went to visit them in rural USA.

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This is ridiculous. I don't remember there being a lot of angry white guys at the polls voting for Trump. In fact, I don't remember seeing many angry white guys at all.

 

At least not until Trump won.

 

Then I saw a lot of this:

 

20170124_limo.jpgeddy-brock-attacked-770x514.jpg

 

kill-trump-770x560.jpgwells-fargo-770x503.jpg

 

 

Now THAT'S angry!

 

If only Hillary went to visit them in rural USA.

Fake news!

 

Sorry... I had to. ;-)

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Trump won because he alienated fewer voters than Hillary.

 

Lots of reasons go into a win and a loss. It's tough for a party to win three in a row. Trump in many ways won for same reason Carter, Clinton, W, and Obama won.

I think about my parents... Too young to fight WWII... But too old to get caught up in all the hippy bullschit. They were too busy working, raising a family.

We used to have kids on street that were coming of age during early 1970s, late 1960s... My mother and parents could relate, but they were distant with their establishment take on things, but understood the angst. Fast forward to 1980s, my mother caught up with one of the kids, hippies, that lived on our street... successful businessman. I think they crossed paths while in Tops or somewhere. Anyway, they got to talking and how they remembered the advice my mother would give back in the day. How it all started to make sense to them now that they have children of their own.

It really does take a village. Cringe all you want.

Our society produces a lot of bad 18 year olds but lots of great 30 year olds! People change a lot in their 20's

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Lots of reasons go into a win and a loss. It's tough for a party to win three in a row. Trump in many ways won for same reason Carter, Clinton, W, and Obama won.

Tough for Dem to win 12... We are deeply conservative country. I am lib and understand that conservative correction.

 

Only way to do it is no term limit, like FDR. Obama would have won again.

 

Which is strange... Because some people who voted for Obama voted Trump! Polar opposites. Shows how idiotic & effed up people's thinking really is!

 

Again, I do see the conservative social correction, but you do it with an actual ideology! Not with a rudderless ship!

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Which is strange... Because some people who voted for Obama voted Trump! Polar opposites. Shows how idiotic & effed up people's thinking really is!

 

 

i dont see that as strange

 

a ton of whites voted for obama to demonstrate they had actually turned the racism corner and wanted to show they could vote for a perceived black man (the only two combination of races that we would allow one to be ignored). if you didnt grow up deep in the heart of redneck crackerland you might not realize how huge that is for those ppl but it represents a seismic shift in their racist transformation

 

so after finally summon the courage to change their decades long unacceptable view towards blacks, what happens during his terms? they have to constantly be told by blacks, enabling whites, and the media that they are automatic racists no matter what they do. naturally this pisses them off royally, and if you think about it you would be pissed off too

 

so when trump comes along and represents the polar opposite of the political correctness and special rules that only apply to blacks they jump at the chance to vote their disenfranchisement into him

 

pretty straight forward

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i dont see that as strange

 

a ton of whites voted for obama to demonstrate they had actually turned the racism corner and wanted to show they could vote for a perceived black man (the only two combination of races that we would allow one to be ignored). if you didnt grow up deep in the heart of redneck crackerland you might not realize how huge that is for those ppl but it represents a seismic shift in their racist transformation

 

so after finally summon the courage to change their decades long unacceptable view towards blacks, what happens during his terms? they have to constantly be told by blacks, enabling whites, and the media that they are automatic racists no matter what they do. naturally this pisses them off royally, and if you think about it you would be pissed off too

 

so when trump comes along and represents the polar opposite of the political correctness and special rules that only apply to blacks they jump at the chance to vote their disenfranchisement into him

 

pretty straight forward

Almost laughable at the insecure excuses being made.

 

Thanks for reminding me again, that is very very strange. You just described people with no compass and validated their insecurities.

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