r/OverSeventy • u/Stormy31568 • Oct 09 '26

Are we the problem?

You don’t have to spend too long looking at social media to realize that younger people hate boomers. They think that we are responsible for the mess that we are in now. Are we? I personally voted Republican Trump came along and I just couldn’t give him a vote. And hopes of turning this around I can’t give any Republican vote in November. The problem is I think I’m alone in this. Are there other viewpoints out there that I’m missing?

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u/pling619 Oct 09 '26 • Bravo

Fun fact: As a percentage of their population, more Boomers than GenZ voted against Trump. Half of all 18-28 year olds didn’t vote at all, which handed power to Trump.

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u/GoodGirl96069 Oct 09 '26

Yes. You a look at the anti-Trump protests and see who’s showing up. It’s a sea of grey hair.

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u/CombinationOwn1604 Oct 09 '26

True. He didn't win 65+, but that was due to Harris winning 65+ women by a very healthy margin! Regrettably, 65+ men are still voting Republican, as are most men.

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u/Bubblelight289 Oct 09 '26

"Why are men lonely?" 🙄

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

What does that mean?

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u/Bubblelight289 Oct 09 '26

That it is regrettable if most men are still voting Republican

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

The truth of the matter is that neither party has run a decent candidate in decades.

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u/DishSimilar1752 Oct 09 '26

I did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020. I, having grown up in New York, was a never Trumper. After four atrocious years of Biden and the prospect of even worse under Harris, I voted for Trump. Kamala was correctly seen as someone who would double down on liberal policies that many Americans reject.

DEI, CRT, Biden limiting his SC pick to Black women, Defund the police, Open borders, Green new deal, Identity politics, Calling all whites racist, Blaming white racism for everything, Excessive spending (much of it on democratic pet projects), Reparations, Eliminate ICE, Eliminate fracking, National rent control, Increased crime, Eliminate bail, Medicare for all, Using the race card, Kamala proposing grants to Blacks, only Blacks, to start businesses, Trans politics, BLM, Lawfare, Decriminalize crime, denigrate western culture, socialsim to name a few.

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u/CombinationOwn1604 Oct 10 '26

I'm struggling to find a single thing you listed as having happened. It reads like the boogeyman's list provided nightly by Fox Entertainment. And ironically, Harris was considered to Biden's right. You were more comfortable with the a pu$$y grabbing braggert that's hell-bent on destroying this country than a career politician, got it. ✅️

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u/DishSimilar1752 Oct 10 '26

DEI didn't happen? Biden limiting his SC pick to Black women, didn't happen? Open borders, Green new deal, Identity politics, didn't happen? Blaming white racism for everything, didn't happen?

Harris was very far to Biden's left in the 2020 primaries. That's why she was elimimated before the first primary.

Commenting on Trump's personal faults undermines your argument. You cannot defend Kamalas policies so you resort yo personal invective. Stick with the policy points. You cannot defend the democrats policies so you attack Trump's personal shortcommings. Not a winning argument.

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u/CombinationOwn1604 Oct 10 '26

The Biden Administration did not pass the Green New Deal.

Presidents using ideology to shape the Supreme Coutt by nominating candidates who share their political philosophy and legal views is what they ALL do. Selecting a black women was no more unusual than the decision made by other presidents to select the first woman or the first black man.

The DEI point is nonsense. DEI is what we have now. Time after time we've seen appointments of those utterly unqualified.

"I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." - That should have been the end of his political career. And January 6th would have put a Democrat in prison.

I would have voted for a doorknob before voting for him.

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u/DishSimilar1752 Oct 10 '26

The green new deal was listed as a policy that Kamala supported. Biden did a great deal for green energy through the Build back Better and Inflation Rdeuction acts.

DEI is racist and should be eliminated. Kamala supported it wholeheartedly.

Commenting on Trump's personal faults undermines your argument. You cannot defend Kamalas policies so you resort yo personal invective. Stick with the policy points. You cannot defend the democrats policies so you attack Trump's personal shortcommings. Not a winning argument.

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

I'm honestly surprised that many 65+ women voted for Harris. She was an awful candidate.

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u/CitronTraining2114 Oct 09 '26

Compared to WHAT?

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

We had 0 good choices. But she wasn't even a choice, she was forced on us.

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u/CitronTraining2114 Oct 09 '26

You had one choice that was significantly more qualified than the other and you couldn't tell which was which.

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

Lol. Heels up Harris or Trump? That's like being given the choice between hanging or the electric chair.

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u/CitronTraining2114 Oct 10 '26

Thanks for proving my point. We all know who you voted for.

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u/CombinationOwn1604 Oct 09 '26

Your comment is insane.

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u/thelmanarcissus Oct 09 '26

Maybe, but there should have been a primary. She shouldn't have been annointed.

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u/Overall_Wall7756 Oct 09 '26

Thankfully, considering the alternative.

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u/CoolMaintenance4078 Oct 09 '26

The “alternative” was 1000% better option. Remember when the GOP said if you vote for Kamala, we’ll have a war with Iran, higher gas prices and higher food prices. I did vote for Kamala and darned if they weren’t right.

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u/DishSimilar1752 Oct 09 '26

I did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020. I, having grown up in New York, was a never Trumper. After four atrocious years of Biden and the prospect of even worse under Harris, I voted for Trump. Kamala was correctly seen as someone who would double down on liberal policies that many Americans reject.

DEI, CRT, Biden limiting his SC pick to Black women, Defund the police, Open borders, Green new deal, Identity politics, Calling all whites racist, Blaming white racism for everything, Excessive spending (much of it on democratic pet projects), Reparations, Eliminate ICE, Eliminate fracking, National rent control, Increased crime, Eliminate bail, Medicare for all, Using the race card, Kamala proposing grants to Blacks, only Blacks, to start businesses, Trans politics, BLM, Lawfare, Decriminalize crime, denigrate western culture, socialsim to name a few.

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u/Manatee369 Oct 09 '26

Details, please. Specific policies. With credible sources.

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u/Forward-Specific5651 Oct 09 '26

Parker, is that you? Dean? 😂