That's not to say younger progressives are in any way keen on Trump -- just that they're more skeptical of the hysterics and doomsaying.
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A twitter interlocutor suggests this may have to do with media consumption habits; TV fosters alarmism, internet fosters skepticism. Maybe.
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Younger Bernie people have been immersed in an alternative, sub rosa media ecosystem that constantly streams them stories on HRC corruption.
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So they are more inclined to see parity in the danger posed by HRC versus the danger posed by Trump. (This cuts across gender and race, BTW)
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Also, they've seen GOP stall O, they think Dems will do the same to Trump.
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Obama recognized just that four years ago when he chastised Romney for trying to relive the Cold War!
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Who ever said there was any consistency among politicians?
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Bernie himself clearly sees Trump as a world-historical threat, and I don't think he's been drinking anyone's cool-aide.
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He'd be another example in support of this theory.
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I'm 49 and I, my older sibs, & elderly mother all see Trump as far more dangerous than many of the younger Bernie people seem to.
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Can I just say as a 43 yo progressive I'm deeply alarmed by all red scare shit. Why are ppl my age + so eager to relive Cold War?
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Maybe but I don't fall into that generalization. Label me skeptical that we older progressives are 'hysterical'.
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True. More hope + info helps younger ppl see beyond failed myopic
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Those under 30 have no concept of what nuclear war would mean. A standard nuclear blast radius of 5 miles. Times that by 1000.
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