Reply #56: As a 26 year old, what I've seen is: Pathetic CYA. All the time. [View All]

It's easier than getting informed about how fucked we are and trying to make some real changes. Also, many of them, especially those who were lucky enough to be able to get into and pay for college (of which, I confess, I am one) are too scared to start getting involved because, well, it might piss off their asshole Republican misogynist fathers and their enabling mothers. But mostly, they just don't have a clue--they were raised by families who didn't bother to get their children informed about the horrors of Reagan, and they didn't pay attention in history class. Trying to convince my friends, some of whom have post-graduate degrees, to get off their fat, lazy asses and register some voters is like pulling teeth. They've adopted a ridiculous "it's all going to be okay" apathetic attitude. Or they're too busy buying Howard Dean's nasty, ignorant, one-dimensional shtick about how to "fix" things, instead of thinking through the problems themselves in any meaningful way and searching for, let alone promoting VALID solutions. I just hate talking about this so much because I've given up trying to get through to my generation. As an informed, passionate liberal, I feel as if I am lost among a great, hearing-impaired heard of stupid cows (or maybe I should make that sheep). With even less self-esteem than I have. Who can't face their own problems, let alone the problems of this society. They wouldn't even know where to start. Fucking populists. Morons.