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  • I think it’s those who didn’t grow up in the internet age and came here much later. What Gretchen McCulloch calles “Pre Internet People” in her book Because Internet. Meaning they grow up before internet and were introduced to it much later. Think of boomers who get their first smartphone because their son in law is afraid they get lost in the forest or something. You get the vibes.

    So I think in this case it is part of the joke, making fun of older conservatives















  • lugal@lemmy.mlto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneboomers
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    4 months ago

    Yes but there is more to it. Formally progressive ideas (like mixed race marriage) are no-brainers today while today’s progressive ideas (like same sex marriage) were beyond the scope for the moderate left back than. So you can keep your opinions and still move to the right while the left adopts new ideas.