Comments on: Open Letter To Young Progressives: I’m Starting To Think You’re Fakes! http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html Continuing conversations in the park begun in the autumn of 1969 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Allen, III http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-2202 Jim Allen, III Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:53:13 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3759#comment-2202 Actually the Liberals of today were educated by the liberals in our colleges and institutes of higher learning. The liberals of today, have been brainwashed by former communists who migrated to the USA and wound up teaching on every campus. The liberals of today were misinformed and therefore impotent when it comes to the truth and non -revised American History. The liberals of today were duped by the same folks who became part of the "Green Movement" where many of the Marxists, Stalinits, Communits and you get the picture nits. Yes I know some of those words were misspelled. It was intentional. See how easy they are taken in by BS? They elected Obama! ROFLMAO becaus the joke is on you. Respectfully, Jim Allen III Their arguments do not hold water. Actually the Liberals of today were educated by the liberals in our colleges and institutes of higher learning. The liberals of today, have been brainwashed by former communists who migrated to the USA and wound up teaching on every campus. The liberals of today were misinformed and therefore impotent when it comes to the truth and non -revised American History. The liberals of today were duped by the same folks who became part of the “Green Movement” where many of the Marxists, Stalinits, Communits and you get the picture nits.

Yes I know some of those words were misspelled. It was intentional. See how easy they are taken in by BS? They elected Obama! ROFLMAO becaus the joke is on you.

Respectfully,
Jim Allen III

Their arguments do not hold water.

]]> By: B. B. Lipmann http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1373 B. B. Lipmann Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:32:56 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3759#comment-1373 If you need any proof that Twittering and Facebooking and things young people may be doing online is not as effective as publicly demonstrating and making our voices heard in public forums all you have to do is take not of what the Tea Party protesters did back during the August congressional recess. They made national news almost every day with their loud protests and shouting at town hall meetings. While the young liberals were all texting the grown up protesters were changing the national health care discussion. If it had been a baseball game the score would have been old teabaggers 100, young liberals 0. There is no substitute for public demonstration and protest, and pieces of paper with thousands of signatures. Just my two cents. If you need any proof that Twittering and Facebooking and things young people may be doing online is not as effective as publicly demonstrating and making our voices heard in public forums all you have to do is take not of what the Tea Party protesters did back during the August congressional recess. They made national news almost every day with their loud protests and shouting at town hall meetings. While the young liberals were all texting the grown up protesters were changing the national health care discussion. If it had been a baseball game the score would have been old teabaggers 100, young liberals 0. There is no substitute for public demonstration and protest, and pieces of paper with thousands of signatures. Just my two cents.

]]> By: Karen H. http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1369 Karen H. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:49:43 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3759#comment-1369 Rob makes some points, but not enough to persuade me that the young people are not lazy and, to borrow your word Prentice, self-absorbed. What I didn't mention in my earlier comment is that I am myself in my twenties. I can say that I am, I know, a bit prone to cynicism. I cynically believe that most of the people of my generation, and most of the students I teach, are almost exclusively concerned with their own possessions, comforts and financial futures. They're primary political concern is that they be thought progressive and engaged. Rob makes some points, but not enough to persuade me that the young people are not lazy and, to borrow your word Prentice, self-absorbed. What I didn’t mention in my earlier comment is that I am myself in my twenties. I can say that I am, I know, a bit prone to cynicism. I cynically believe that most of the people of my generation, and most of the students I teach, are almost exclusively concerned with their own possessions, comforts and financial futures. They’re primary political concern is that they be thought progressive and engaged.

]]> By: Rob http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1365 Rob Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:04:22 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3759#comment-1365 I think young activists have mostly rejected rallies and demonstrations as ineffective. Not sure I blame them. (I was among the youngest attending a rally this week in front of our Federal Building. The rally had been organized by a woman in her early 20s, though I got the feeling it was mostly done to please the oldsters.) To be fair to the young, they may have outdone you on the emails and phone calls to Congress, and they're more likely to be replying promptly to their Member of Congress's tweets. I don't see you standing on the Twitter front, old man! Where's your commitment? Would it be such a sacrifice to start a Twitter account and follow your Congressman? All kidding aside, I think the kids are alright, as somebody once said. At least compared to my 40-something generation, I find them generally brighter, more inquisitive, and less easily fooled. Also less prone to cynicism, which is a big plus. I do find many of their ways strange and savage, don't get me wrong. But I don't think the republic is likely to fall on their watch. Not after surviving my Reagan-loving contemporaries. (This country must be tougher than it looks.) I think young activists have mostly rejected rallies and demonstrations as ineffective. Not sure I blame them. (I was among the youngest attending a rally this week in front of our Federal Building. The rally had been organized by a woman in her early 20s, though I got the feeling it was mostly done to please the oldsters.) To be fair to the young, they may have outdone you on the emails and phone calls to Congress, and they’re more likely to be replying promptly to their Member of Congress’s tweets. I don’t see you standing on the Twitter front, old man! Where’s your commitment? Would it be such a sacrifice to start a Twitter account and follow your Congressman? All kidding aside, I think the kids are alright, as somebody once said. At least compared to my 40-something generation, I find them generally brighter, more inquisitive, and less easily fooled. Also less prone to cynicism, which is a big plus. I do find many of their ways strange and savage, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t think the republic is likely to fall on their watch. Not after surviving my Reagan-loving contemporaries. (This country must be tougher than it looks.)

]]> By: Karen H. http://www.perkersonpark.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-young-progressives-im-starting-to-think-youre-fakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-1364 Karen H. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:29 +0000 http://www.perkersonpark.com/?p=3759#comment-1364 I was thinking about this same thing last night! I teach (college level) and encounter dozens of students every day who voice strong opinions about a range of political issues, including health care reform. Though I have attended several rallies in support of health care reform that were held in close proximity to campus, I would put the average age of those in attendance in the forty-five to sixty-five age range. There were some people who would have been in their thirties and forties, but only a couple of people in the twenties. I did meet two young women who were college students at a rally last month, but I don't remember there being any other young people in the crowd of about three hundred. After listening to my students talk in class I would expect them to turn out at rallies in large numbers. They talk passionately about the issues, but like you I am beginning to question their sincerity. I was thinking about this same thing last night! I teach (college level) and encounter dozens of students every day who voice strong opinions about a range of political issues, including health care reform. Though I have attended several rallies in support of health care reform that were held in close proximity to campus, I would put the average age of those in attendance in the forty-five to sixty-five age range. There were some people who would have been in their thirties and forties, but only a couple of people in the twenties. I did meet two young women who were college students at a rally last month, but I don’t remember there being any other young people in the crowd of about three hundred.

After listening to my students talk in class I would expect them to turn out at rallies in large numbers. They talk passionately about the issues, but like you I am beginning to question their sincerity.

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