The youth is actually quite simple to figure out.
1. They don’t like the wars. They are sick of it.
2. They are more libertarian than anything else. They want less government control and enforcement across the board.
3. They dont care about social issues. Even the young Republicans really don’t care that much.
I remember a poll a while ago that showed a surprising majority of college students are pro-life. Something like 60%. HOWEVER, only about 1/3rd favored a federal ban. And that’s how they think on nearly every social issue across the board. They have adopted a philosophy of moral relativism. In other words, they don’t believe in an ultimate right or wrong when it comes to judging the morals of others. And we are talking about a very significant percentage of the youth that share this type of thinking.
I’ve worked with a lot of youth in the 20-30 age range. And I’ve talked to many of them about politics over the years. It does not surprise me one bit that they support people like Ron Paul.
In the past we didnt really care about the youth because they rarely turned out to vote. Now the generation X’ers, and Y’ers are starting to pay attention, and they are starting to vote. And I think that is some of what’s spooking the GOP elitists.
I remember a poll a while ago that showed a surprising majority of college students are pro-life. Something like 60%. HOWEVER, only about 1/3rd favored a federal ban. And that’s how they think on nearly every social issue across the board. They have adopted a philosophy of moral relativism. In other words, they don’t believe in an ultimate right or wrong when it comes to judging the morals of others. And we are talking about a very significant percentage of the youth that share this type of thinking.
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Nonsense.
You still don’t understand the youth. They don’t think the government should be making laws regarding religious topics. They consider abortion a religious topic not fit for political conversation. To them it would be like making it a law that you MUST go to church on sunday and own a bible and say grace...or that schools should be teaching intelligent design. These are not things they want government doing.
Keep in mind many have been raised in home environments that are absolutely atrocious by most standards that I think the FR crowd would hold to. I mean, look at the environment the Cuomo, Kennedy or Guiliani kids grew up in...and keep in mind there are millions of kids like that. There benchmark in life is wondering who is mommy’s boyfriend or who dad is whoring around with this week. Given that, the ‘libertarian’ or more accurately libertine perspective is not surprising.
Much to be said about this.
1. It's a good point. I'm sick of go-nowhere, why-are-we-there wars also. I feel like we got Bin Laden and the whole purpose of dealing effectively with Islamic terrorists seems lost or confused. Bring the troops home until or unless we have clear and convincing winning goals. But Paul's stick-your-head-in-the-sand isolationist approach is archaic and not in America's best interests. I support Reagan's precise intelligence and strike-force approach in defense of American interests and support freedom fighters around the world. I don't support Bush's baseball-bat approach of clumsily and almost mindlessly invading other countries in the name of "promoting democracy."
2. Also a lot of merit but not without an appreciation and adherence to our U. S. Constitution which accomplishes limited government but under the rule of law, not the rule of the whims of man (today French revolution, tomorrow the guillotine).
3. Not so good. Social issues drive the future of a country. The lack of Biblical education and understanding is a major driver here. People need a moral and spiritual compass or a society drifts aimlessly. Not only that, a society void of Biblical and spiritual truth, health, and understanding becomes gullible ("those that don't stand for something will fall for anything"). That's why we have Obama.