Some of my snowboarder friends are total hippy libs and it's fun arguing politics with them. Last weekend, I was arguing with a 22 year-old college student and dedicated democrat. He asked me to name one thing that JFK did that was bad for the country. I replied that JFK sent the first troops to Vietnam.
He bellowed back, "JFK DID NOT SEND TROOPS TO VIETNAM!!!"
He looked at me like I was wearing tinfoil on my head for even suggesting that JFK had anything to do with America's involvement in Vietnam.
At this point, I had an idea of the mindset that I would be arguing with. Arguing with libs is often like this.
Please pardon my off-topic rant.
The original article is fascinating. It written with the typical left-wing bias but what it DOESN't say is almost as interesting as what it does.
I'm 26 and I was apolitical until after college. I have to say is that many, many liberals my age are very, very ignorant.
Some of the stuff that the original article said is very true about people my age and younger. I think some of the stuff about the clothes rings with the fact that many young people do not associate freaky clothes (and piercings) with evil or immoral behavior. Someone could be a wonderful person and have a nose ring and wear leather. Also conservatives in their twenties (at least in the Northeast) are far less concerned about gays. That part of the article was spot on. They might not approve on a personal level, but do not thing it's the government's business telling people what they can or can not do in their bedroom.
I was at a Young Republican's meeting where this thirty-something loser was giving all the youngins' a hard time for not wearing ties. All the young people were laughing at him.