Why reparations won't be paid.

[Woodznutz]

Given enough time nothing should.

My bank just screwed up my order for new checks. I wasn't surprised.

 

[Ralph Norton]

And opinions on reparations trend towards more support the younger the voter. Time is on my side.

Is it? It is well established that people get more conservative as they get older.

 

[Curried Goats]

Is it? It is well established that people get more conservative as they get older.

It's not at all well established. It's a common refrain I hear from people around here but so far that hasn't really happened. If anything Gen Xers got more liberal. Both Obama and Hilary opposed and sex marriage in 2008. They wouldn't get caught dead opposing it now.

 

[Ralph Norton]

It's not at all well established.

You are in denial or stupid or both.
It is not even open to question by intelligent people.

 

[Curried Goats]

You are in denial or stupid or both.
It is not even open to question by intelligent people.

On the contrary intelligent people question things all the time and don't just accept what other people tell them at face value.

It might of been true of older generations, it does not seem to be panning out with Millennials or Gen Z. Gen X seems to be the demarcation line where we get a pretty even split among liberals and conservatives with a slight lean-to the conservative and then after that Conservatives get demolished. Far right religious politics are unappealing to the generations of people who find themselves more and more secular.

 

[Woodznutz]

It's not at all well established. It's a common refrain I hear from people around here but so far that hasn't really happened. If anything Gen Xers got more liberal. Both Obama and Hilary opposed and sex marriage in 2008. They wouldn't get caught dead opposing it now.

Politicians and normal people: apples and oranges.

 

[Curried Goats]

Politicians and normal people: apples and oranges.

Normal people have also moved to the left on gay marriage. What was support for gay marriage in the 90s or early 2000s compared to today?

 

[Street Juice]

Sadly, I agree with much of this. However, if enough level-headed blacks take a strong stand against reparations perhaps it will be defeated. Any level of reparations would be a disaster for blacks.

Disaster may be the point:

Reparations Game