The Right needs to stop saying that The Left gives away free stuff. It’s advertising. People want free stuff.
Looking to the Cuckservative Political Action Committee for advice on young folks is like looking to Bill Clinton for advice on fidelity.
What, Ben Shapiro, their brand new Mini-Me Milo substitute, wasn’t inspiring?
Well, I’ll be danged.
There’s a whole generation of young guys out there begging for role models to teach them how to be MEN. They aren’t going to find that at CPAC.
Watching Trish on FBN, she had a bernie supporter guy on. And before he even talks I know what he’s gonna say.
Trump’s a racist and yada yada yada.
Let’s face it - CPAC and its brand of fagservatism inspires no one. It can’t even preserve itself, much less American or Western civilisation.
Trump won white Millenials by about 8 points.
This made me laugh. My millennials (son and DIL) live in DC. It's a beautiful city to live in and my son's commute takes him past the Cemetery every day. He is "patriotic" but I don't think it's that drive past Arlington that did it for him. (although I would never get tired of seeing the Iwo Jima Memorial, it's not what makes me patriotic.)
OK, let’s see how the libertarians at Reason can change millenials for the better, getting them out of their parents’ basements and making them less socialistic. After they have shown traditional conservatives what they can do, they can resume fomenting quarrels with them at CPAC.
CPAC is misbranded IMO.
It’s the old GOPe brand of Conservatism.
I’d like to see it replaced.
Good solid Conservative principles presented by good solid Conservatives...
“Hard to tell others what they should be FOR if all you are FOR is your own aggrandizement. That pretty much sums up the GOP today.”
That could be the quote of the day, if not the year. The inspiring message is “this crap DOES NOT WORK.”
Being a democrat pretty much means government acts as your parents for the rest of your life. The Ctrl-Left tells you exactly what you have to do, exactly what you are not allowed to do, and even what you have to eat or not allowed to eat. The Left promises to support you forever, but in return, you have to obey them even when it makes no sense for them to tell you how to live your life. What Millennial wants another 50 years listening to parents who despise them and think they are too stupid/immature/foolish to make their own decisions - parents who can throw them in prison for disobeying?
Do all Millennials whine?
More and better jobs will change the equation. These kids need to work, find mates, build families...not fill-out endless on-line job applications from their parents’ basements. When you are paying your own taxes, insurance, mortgage, etc., you begin to “get” conservatism. Free stuff doesn’t help anyone grow up.
GOPePAC
The excerpt describes perfectly why Conservatives and Conservatism has FAILED for decades and will continue to fail until both disappear.
The entire premise of Conservatism is a defensive attitude against the Left. Only defensive.
Elizabeth Brown is a millennial twit herself. Look at the list of her titles on “Reason”. She is racing to the defense of prostitutes, German migrant mass rapists, etc. She is no conservative concerned about how to win over others.
The unpleasant truth is you that people like her drank the Koolaid and you cant change their core beliefs except in rare exceptions. The people of her generation love gay marriage, respect homosexuality, despise Christianity, healthcare is a right, the constitution is outdated, “hate” speech should be illegal, and think islam is basically ok.
There is no argument that can win them over to embracing the America we used to know. The better plan is to find ways to stymie their totalitarian impulse.
If you want to know what will bring young people around it is this — the traditional definition of virtue. It is a mystery to almost all of them.