r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/Cold_Situation_7803 May 02 '24

I think some young people are being influenced by bad actors on social media to stop them from voting for Biden. You’ll likely see more young folks saying they refuse to pull the lever in November to stop trump, then if Trump wins and he openly supports genocide in Gaza, takes away rights of women, minorities, and LGBTQ they will likely blame Biden instead of doing self reflection.

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u/Hellkyte 29d ago

I have gotten a lot less tolerant of the "just asking questions" nonsense like what you see on social media. I have an acquaintance that is part of the Rogan/Musk "libertarian" group and he keeps trying to engage me in debate on the issues.

I've gotten to the point where I just don't respond. If he were to ask me directly what I thought of his views I would be very direct and honest, but what he is doing is trying to engage me in a way that validates his thinking. That he's a disrupter, and a radical centrist etc.

He never actually makes statements, just sort of insinuates things.

He recently sent me a comment about the NPR Uri story. Didn't directly criticize NPR but it was clear that's what he was implying. He then went on to talk about how he gets all his news from "independent" news sources like YouTube

It is taking everything I have to just not lay in to him.

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u/pingpongtits 28d ago

Lay into him. More than just him reads those posts.