Why do 14-year olds tend to have such contrived political views?
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« on: November 30, 2008, 01:26:22 PM »
Seriously?
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2008, 01:27:20 PM »
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weren't you complaining about J. J. doing that five minutes ago?
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2008, 01:29:18 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on November 30, 2008, 01:27:20 PM
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weren't you complaining about J. J. doing that five minutes ago?

Well perhaps I should just say "14-year old posters on this site". There was also DWTL back in the day.
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2008, 01:57:51 PM »
Do my views seem overly contrived? That's too bad.

Don't you think EMD's views are great?
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2008, 01:58:57 PM »
Quote from: Attorney General Xahar on November 30, 2008, 01:57:51 PM
Do my views seem overly contrived? That's too bad.

To some extent.


He's the exception, and he just recently grew out of that.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2008, 02:27:31 PM »
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Because they are 14.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2008, 02:53:02 PM »
Why do people in Minneapolis care so much more than everyone else?
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2008, 02:53:28 PM »
Because they are inclined to support utopian quick-fixes to the world's problems.  That's why so many young people to this day read The Communist Manifesto and say, "Yeah, that sounds about right."

Yes, I know Marx would be horrified to hear the Manifesto described as a utopian quick-fix, considering that over a quarter of it is devoted to bashing utopian quick-fixes, but the fact remains that that's what it is.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2008, 02:56:11 PM »
My views at 14 were vague and still largely apolitical.
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2008, 03:12:22 PM »
Funny, I've become more of an extremist since I was 14. I can remember a few right wing views I had back then.
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2008, 03:54:38 PM »
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Because they are 14.

lol Yeah, pretty much.  They're probably first starting to pay attention to politics, but they are still overly hormonal and irrational.  They also think they're right all the time and are still easily swayed by others' opinions. 

I couldn't get along with my younger brother until he was 15.  It was awful when he was 13 and 14.  He thought he was the coolest person ever.  Then, during the horribleness of sophomore year, he realized he wasn't everything he thought he was and grew up a little lol

Next year, I hope, the 14-year-olds on here will be more mature.

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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2008, 03:55:32 PM »
     When I was 14, I was a right-populist whose views somehow combined the two most contradictory ideologies ever, fundamentalism & positivism.
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2008, 03:57:28 PM »
I loved Harper and the Tories when I was 14. I also rooted for the ADQ. God, how things have changed.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2008, 04:00:22 PM »
Quote from: Senator PiT on November 30, 2008, 03:55:32 PM
    When I was 14, I was a right-populist whose views somehow combined the two most contradictory ideologies ever, fundamentalism & positivism.

lol That's funny.  There was a kid who went to my high school who called himself, I think, a populist-anarchist.  He eventually realized this made no sense and changed his views probably when he wasn't 14 anymore lol

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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2008, 04:04:31 PM »
They're still finding their way.

Me, I was a little anarchist punk (by attitude and some of the music I listened to, never by hairstyle and dress).
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2008, 04:07:45 PM »
Quote from: SoFA EarlAW on November 30, 2008, 03:12:22 PM
Funny, I've become more of an extremist since I was 14. I can remember a few right wing views I had back then.

a PM score of -5 is extreme?
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« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2008, 04:11:00 PM »
Because they are still on the road there to finding "it". I am still and I am of the ancient age of 20.
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« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2008, 05:22:00 PM »
I was kind of like benconstine back then. Not quite as benconstine as him though.
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« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2008, 09:29:40 PM »
At 15, I'm pretty sure that my views are concrete at this point, but then again, I probably have always thought that.
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« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2008, 09:43:35 PM »
At least they're interested.  All I cared about at that age was losing my virginity.  18 years later...
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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2008, 10:09:18 PM »
Quote from: Four49 on November 30, 2008, 09:43:35 PM
At least they're interested.  All I cared about at that age was losing my virginity.  18 years later...

...you are totalitarian nut that believes sex partners should be assigned by a central government?
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« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2008, 10:10:16 PM »
Quote from: VP Meeker on November 30, 2008, 05:22:00 PM
I was kind of like benconstine back then. Not quite as benconstine as him though.

But who is?
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« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2008, 10:10:47 PM »
A lot of them want to be politicians. And practice makes perfect.
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2008, 10:47:58 AM »
Quote from: <3 click here for hot pix <3 on November 30, 2008, 10:09:18 PM
Quote from: Four49 on November 30, 2008, 09:43:35 PM
At least they're interested.  All I cared about at that age was losing my virginity.  18 years later...

...you are totalitarian nut that believes sex partners should be assigned by a central government?

Damn.  Discovered again.
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