When I was a "millennial," I never expected candidates to "inspire" me

[RealityChik]

9. In defense of millennials...

God knows, I have given birth to two of them, so I know how they are! But our task at hand as their elders is to listen and respect the logic of their mindset, not only because they will be the ones picking out my nursing home some day when I become too helpless to button my own shirt, but because, as Democrats, we're not in any position as a political party to be alienating them, or any others that were driven away by the jaded behavior of the Democratic establishment! We need all the help we can get, otherwise our party is DEAD. We will NEVER recover if we continue to exclude others that need to forage a different path to the same objectives we all have.

I remember, in my mid-20's voting for environmental activist candidate, Barry Commoner instead of Jimmy Carter because no other candidates paid any attention to the issues important to us at that time. We were not mature enough yet to consider "the bigger picture". At the time, it was the only political statement we could make, as we otherwise felt powerless that our votes counted for anything in the larger scheme of things. Luckily for us, Carter won anyway.

Shouldn't we be asking them what we could do to make them feel welcome and take suggestions about the most effective ways they could participate and love doing it?