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In reply to the discussion: How does one counter the conservatism that seems to overtake people as they age? [View all]llmart
(15,533 posts)133. I doubt it.
I'm the quintessential boomer - born in 1949 and I have an excellent memory. It is highly unlikely that those who are tea partiers now were ever hippies. Keep in mind that not all boomers of my age were fun loving and liberal and enjoying their youth. Some were "old" or old-minded even back then. They put down their fellow hippie boomers or hippie sympathizers because they were secretly envious of the fact that they were too uptight to enjoy their youth. These are the ones who became tea partiers.
In my experience, those of us who were liberal back then are still liberal now.
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How does one counter the conservatism that seems to overtake people as they age? [View all]
applegrove
Dec 2012
OP
It's not really "conservatism." It's "selfishness." That's really what so-called 'hippies' were.
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#69
In certain ways I have become even MORE liberal. But I know what you're saying. Hmmm,,,
RBInMaine
Dec 2012
#66
But gullible does play a role in how people perceive the information they receive.
intheflow
Dec 2012
#113
Me too. This is the first time I have heard that older people became less liberal.
patricia92243
Dec 2012
#108
First step is to not buy into the meme that people get more conservative as they get older.
rufus dog
Dec 2012
#17
I hope it is true. Especially with this patch of GOPers. They are rabidly xenophobic,
applegrove
Dec 2012
#22
What you say is the exact opposite of what Gallup reported and what was posted at #90.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#123
No. Under the plain language of the story, the results are from BEFORE the votes are counted.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#130
I cannot imagine maturity producing agreement with today's so-called "conservative movement'
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2012
#21
And a couple years before that, it was white go-go boots. Hardly a hippie thing! n/t
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#60
I think I landed way over on the left when I was about 20 and haven't changed much that I notice.
dimbear
Dec 2012
#54
I'm the worst sort. I started out liberal and as I learned more about how things really work
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#62
As I get older I reject labels & factionalism & divisiveness & polarization
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2012
#67
Not with women...they get more conservative when they get married and have kids
davidn3600
Dec 2012
#75
Old people don't like change and are set in their ways. However, I have always been liberal and am
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#80
That's a very good question. I've observed it too. I don't know what the difference is. nt
raccoon
Dec 2012
#96
Here in California the answer is to avoid any suggestion of removing the property tax limits...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#99
An oldie here, who is more liberal than ever. More liberal than my children.
northoftheborder
Dec 2012
#101
I don't think it's a coincedence that the Democratic Party has moved to the Right
Romulox
Dec 2012
#103
After thinking about this, I have concluded that, as one of the earliest Boomers who started out
djean111
Dec 2012
#127
Point taken. Your question, though, does not ask why "some" older people get more conservative.
djean111
Dec 2012
#144
I did volunteer work at the East Village location of the Merton Buber House in the early 70's.
In_The_Wind
Dec 2012
#143
I've become more liberal as a reaction to growing extremist conservativism.
Old and In the Way
Dec 2012
#154