Posted on 06/25/2013 6:58:42 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
The revelations by former National Security Agency operative Edward Snowden that the United States government has been spying on all Americans may be causing a permanent political shift by the American “Millennial” generation (youth born between 1980 and the year 2000) away from President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. Contrary to the main-stream-media’s claims that “Millennials don’t worry about online privacy,” research demonstrates young people are extremely sensitive about who has access and can engage in mischief with their digital lives. As Snowden’s spying disclosures continue, the blow-back against Obama and the Democratic Party is alienating this future dominant voting bloc.
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Damn those 12 year olds!
It happens.
As a Millennial who naver supported Obama I can attest to the fact that I care about the privacy of what I post online.
Many, but not are expect that when you post something on say Facebook to just your “Friends”, it is not easily spread around round by others. Yes, someone can take a screen shot, etc. but that is not easy. Many are concerned about how much the government is getting involved in their lives since the NSA leak.
Exactly.
I disagree; one big problem we have is the multitude of different ages that we have that vie for entry into manhood:
One part of the problem is that societally we don't have a coming-of-age ceremony that acts as a psychological anchor-point/doorway for the transition; Jews, for example, have the Bar Mitzvah [done at 12] to mark coming of age, some African societies have kill a lion
, and so forth. The point is that these are concrete events that a man can consciously point to and say I am a man!
Windows: Alt+Print Screen.
True, however I’m referring to a simple click on a link to share with others.
You’re right - the problem is not that “teens” are not mature enough to be responsible because of their age.
It’s that our society has allowed the concept of “teen” to be defined as a period of irresponsibility.
And not being able to get a decent job to save their ash probably has something to do with it, too.
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