Elderly white 'Trump supporters' tease young voters in satirical new ad

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  1. signalmankenneth

    signalmankenneth Well-Known Member

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    A campaign that aims to get millennials to register to vote turned heads by enlisting the help of actors posing as elderly, white Trump supporters.

    The ad, titled "They’re doing fine, are you?" was created as part of the Knock the Vote movement, started by ACRONYM, an organization that claims to be "the largest digital program focused on electing Democrats to state legislative seats across the country."

    In the cheeky one-minute PSA, a group of elderly white actors purported to be Trump supporters urges "young people" not to get out and vote on Election Day for a plethora of outrageous reasons.

    "Tax cuts for the rich?" one man says. "Hell yeah, I’m rich as f*ck."

    "Climate change? That’s a you problem," says one elderly woman. "I'll be dead soon."

    The ad then address a serious issue with millennial voters — young Americans have a historically low turnout for elections, even though many of them say they'll vote beforehand, either on social media or to their friends.

    "You won't vote, you young people never do," a man and woman assert in the ad. "But I do," echoes a choir of seniors.

    "Midterms, primaries, every single election — we’ll be there, but you won’t," they continue. "Because we’re a generation of doers, not whiners. And we're doing great."


     
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    That's not "cheeky," it's racist and it's intended to racially inflame non-white voters. In other words, it's the old prog tactic of race baiting.

    race baiting
    • n.
      The act of using racially derisive language, actions, or other forms of communication in order to anger or intimidate or coerce a person or group of people.
     
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    And what racially derisive language are you referring to?
     
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    Sallyally Well-Known Member Donor

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    Hope it resonates with young voters.
     
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    Hope it makes them think

    One of the reasons why I am pro mandatory voting is that you don't need ads like this. You don't need radical platforms just to get people interested enough to vote

    And it is harder to gerrymander
     
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    BestViewedWithCable Well-Known Member

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    If democrats win, youll be all for it.

    This is gonna piss off puff daddy....
     
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    I fail to see anything racist in the old people video???The puff daddy video on the other hand is totally racist.
     
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    Mr_Truth Well-Known Member

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    Trump voters:


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    US Conservative Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Im sure most of those actors are dems.

    This is how they help program their young.

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    Gee is the GRU up and running again?
     
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    The decline of the left is up and running again.

    Always is.
     

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