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2. I'm beginning to notice that the younger generation...
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 06:11 AM
Dec 2024

...isn't inclined to be taken in by a strict "one side or the other" ideology.

Like this guy, they seem to be free of partisanship and are taking in what both the right and the Left present, without consideration for where it's coming from.

"Mangione follows Ezra Klein, Sam Altman, AOC, Edward Snowden, and Robert F. Kennedy, among others." From the article

That's quite a mix.

In my opinion, that's a danger posed by normalizing rightwing talking points and positions, such as when we here on DU post rightwing stuff with the excuse of "knowing the enemy". Again, in my opinion, I believe we already know the enemy and should do our best to keep their propaganda, lies, and immoral point of view out of the public eye.

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