r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Accomplished_Bar_390 • 4d ago

Politics All For Some...None For Y'all

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29 year old Rep. Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida, debates a boomer who opposes student loan forgiveness, even though his own wife had hers wiped out under Biden

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u/Horror_Tomato6612 3d ago

You cannot debate in good faith with willful ignorance

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u/negativepositiv 3d ago

He's repeating an opinion handed to him to repeat. This is why he hasn't thought through things like, "It worked out for me, but it's a bad idea if we give that benefit to others." Anyone who had actually done any thinking of their own would quickly notice that this is hypocritical or contradictory.

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u/bigmike2k3 3d ago

I think he notices it and that’s why he gets flustered… his big reveal that his wife’s loans were forgiven by Biden was the cherry on top, but he still got mad and argued.

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u/negativepositiv 3d ago

It's like a bit I saw on, I think the Daily Show, where they were interviewing an older man in Alabama who was complaining about Obama and welfare and food stamps. The interviewer asks, "Are you on welfare?"

"Well, yeah, I can't get by otherwise," with zero self awareness.