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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people over 30 are also socialists around here.

- old lady socialist [/quote]

You're single, right?  And have cats?[/quote]

As a matter of fact I earn well into the 6 figures and I’m married with children. One cat but I don’t like him all that much. I think my tax dollars should be used toward different things than where they currently go, and I’d happily pay more if it meant better lives for people. I guess that makes me a cat loving, lonely, miserable old crone of a socialist. [/quote]
Trope of socialist being crones, cranks and granola vegans has been reinforced, often without reason, since the beginning of the 20th century. You sound just like any broken record that never got past the red scare. Which was hysteria, that in the end violently enforced persecution of free speech and some minimal fight for worker's rights in the U.S. Socialists today are neither miserable, nor old nor crones, yet you repeated the same stereotype while in your post you recognized the youth of the Socialist friends you have and the youth of those politicians they like. Today most believe that social equality and more even distribution of wealth will be demanded by young people, people in their 20 who are sick of "old crones" such as baby boomers, Moscow Mitch, Trump and Biden(yes, Biden and Klobuchar too) living like Kings while they are unable to get a job that can pay rent. Are you proud that you are not actually pausing to listen to what these friends of yours are saying? Yet, you are accusing them of the same. Most of conflict happens because people never actually listen to what people are saying. You are coming back with a retort to prove you are right, and they might be doing the same, and nobody actually hears anything other than what they are saying.[/quote]

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