So I'm looking at how people are responding to it and a lot of people are just calling the boomers stupid while thinking that Beasley was super intelligent or whatever. Beasley was intelligent, but his understanding of things seemed puddle deep and he was just going by rote learning tbqh. He could cite stats but had little...well...wisdom or understanding.
I admit the MAGA voters werent the smartest, but I could actually tolerate a lot of them. I mean, given we've been dealing with outright fascists as of late, these guys felt refreshingly like normal people. Sure they arent that intelligent, but that's where America is. Your typical voter is about as smart at politics as I was as like, a 16-18 year old. And Im serious on that. I feel like I could at least talk to these people and have a productive discussion assuming it didnt involve screaming over each other. Then again, i talk to my dad a lot who is in that age range, and he's rather intelligent. Arguably I talked my parents out of being trump supporters over the years. And while they dont fully agree with me on topics, ya know, I feel like I could at least have a convo with these people and find at least a little common ground.
Again, if anything I dislike the charlie kirks and the luke beasleys of the world. Even if i agree with beasley on facts, i dont like that annoying pushy mentality. It seems like the goal of such people is to just talk over the other side and make them look stupid. And just because beasley is on "my side" doesnt mean that I liked him. I found him as obnoxious as charlie kirk. Just from a biden bro perspective instead of a conservative.
Honestly, maybe it's the fact that I do talk to my parents but I find talking with older people easier than talking with younger people. yeah boomers can get arrogant and think they know everything, but the youngest of zoomers do too. And they seem to lack any and all life experience in doing so. Boomers might not be the most...informed people, but I could at least kinda get them. I mean, I feel like if you had someone who talked a bit slower and more honestly, maybe we could get a productive dialogue going there.
Then again, I'm a millennial who is kinda in between these two in a way. I have the college education so i understand beasley's perspective, but i also kinda understand the boomers somewhat. And it is a disconnect, again, feels vs reals to some degree. These guys lack a college education and formal training in a lot of topics and just go by emotions I get it. But at the same time, beasley just seemed to be some kid who could cite stats but didnt actually understand things. Idk. I just feel like a lot of the commentators are kinda harsh. I dont think beasley was that intelligent tbqh, and as I said, I would rather deal with THESE boomers than, say, some gen Z fascist who went down the alt right rabbit hole. Really, what I find scary are gen Zers who are like somehow 10x worse than the boomers because they intellectualized their racism, sexism, and fascist tendencies. Yeah the boomers are kinda ignorant at times, but this kind of ignorance can arguably be fixed if you talk to them for long enough. Ya know? Either way, I dont think this is just a boomer thing, i think that the median american voter sounds like these guys. Kinda stupid, but they perceive problems, some legitimate, some not so legitimate, and they are operating off of the intelligence level i had as a teenager on politics. I mean, at least these guys are just stupid, but brainwashed or insane, ya know? Those are the trumpers i find truly scary. Those are the ones i wont be able to find ANY common ground with and I could debate with until im blue in the face. Because those guys just have a fundamentally different moral view than me and that moral view is fricking evil.
Again, if I had a choice to go up against either these guys or the literal fascists medhi hassan was dealing with, I'd take 20 normie boomers over 20 psycho far rightists. Ya know? I feel like I could at least talk to SOME of these people.
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