NY Times long opinion article on The Villages!!!

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Old 03-04-2022, 08:03 AM
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That's how the rest of the country sees The Villages.
No, that’s how liberal, woke people see The Villages…
Not “the rest of the country”…
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:05 AM
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I thought it was a well written, balanced article. if anything, I think it went too soft on the right wing die hards and wished they'd interviewed more Democrats. I'm amazed at the people here who brag about not reading anything but what they agree with. that's why the country is so divided....people's inability to find any kind of common ground because of confirmational bias.
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:14 AM
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It's an OPINION...with over 100k people opinions are as numerous as the grains of sand in a sandbox.
The entire paper is all opinion and bias. Just like most media these days. Both sides.
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:16 AM
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Reminds me of a saying I heard - opinions are like as$holes everybody has one.
Just some liberal trying to look cute to other liberals and tell them I am so cool I went to Florida in the winter

And I am not a Trump supporter anymore in spite of all his talk he really only helped the rich like him. The next time your finance guy sells you a crap investment just to get a higher commission you can thank Trump

Trump killed the fiduciary rule. Sales of questionable investment products soared - Trump killed the fiduciary rule. Sales of questionable investment products soared - Los Angeles Times
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Reminds me of a saying I heard - opinions are like as$holes everybody has one.
Just some liberal trying to look cute to other liberals and tell them I am so cool I went to Florida in the winter

And I am not a Trump supporter anymore in spite of all his talk he really only helped the rich like him. The next time your finance guy sells you a crap investment just to get a higher commission you can thank Trump

Trump killed the fiduciary rule. Sales of questionable investment products soared - Trump killed the fiduciary rule. Sales of questionable investment products soared - Los Angeles Times
Time out, on its way.
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:22 AM
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Thanks for posting. I thought it was a really well balanced article, and captured the essence of The Villages correctly.
Seriously????? My bad, I must be living somewhere else
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:25 AM
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I thought it was a well written, balanced article. if anything, I think it went too soft on the right wing die hards and wished they'd interviewed more Democrats. I'm amazed at the people here who brag about not reading anything but what they agree with. that's why the country is so divided....people's inability to find any kind of common ground because of confirmational bias.


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One of the most balanced articles I've seen in a while noting both the good and bad. Other recent pieces/films were pure hit jobs.
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:27 AM
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One of the most balanced articles I've seen in a while noting both the good and bad. Other recent pieces/films were pure hit jobs.
Ummm. Maybe read between the lines?
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:32 AM
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Default Of course this is how the rest of the country sees us!

The only articles ever printed in the big liberal news outlets absolutely trash Villagers as selfish, wrong-minded dolts!
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Old 03-04-2022, 08:52 AM
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If you want to read this exceedingly long New Yorker opinion, put article title in your search bar and read from a different source. Lots of poor grammer.
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Old 03-04-2022, 09:00 AM
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The writer saw what he wanted to see. Did he invesigate the numerous support groups here, the charitable clubs, The Villages symphony, jazz and other musical groups? Politics was way over-emphasized.
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Here is the article copied to an open web site, minus the photos. Please read it, and judge for yourself.

The ‘Disney’ for Boomers Puts Hedonism on Full Display

Opinion | The ‘Disney’ for Boomers Puts Hedonism on Full Display - News-Universe
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Old 03-04-2022, 09:17 AM
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An interesting but biased article. Pretty gentle for the Times, in my opinion.
Fully concur.
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