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cwydro

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145. Self hatred must be tiring.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #141)

Wed Jan 22, 2020, 08:51 PM

Jan 2020

I see a lot of good done by boomers.

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WTF is wrong with our young people?? [View all] NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 OP

Nobody is going to draft their ass... Thunderbeast Jan 2020 #1

Right shanti Jan 2020 #62

Activism to many of them is posting or texting a snarky, "Ok,Boomer" and... brush Jan 2020 #98

It's precisely that sort of facile disregard Codeine Jan 2020 #123

See post 113. brush Jan 2020 #135

Nailed it. budkin Jan 2020 #172

This is a huge part. I remember how the boys in high school Hortensis Jan 2020 #203

I didn't vote for Trump JonLP24 Jan 2020 #2

Good for the ones who voted. treestar Jan 2020 #7

If it was up to young people Hillary Clinton would be President JonLP24 Jan 2020 #14

If young people voted in any numbers approaching the older voter Hillary would be in randr Jan 2020 #25

The point is they don't vote treestar Jan 2020 #32

They are systematically excluded from voting jberryhill Jan 2020 #131

Thats not an excuse. If you really wanted to vote you will find a way. demosincebirth Jan 2020 #158

You need to understand basic math jberryhill Jan 2020 #163

Bootstraps!! Codeine Jan 2020 #169

What about the 18-25 year olds that live at home and never moved? Polybius Jan 2020 #175

Whoosh jberryhill Jan 2020 #183

So no excuse at all Polybius Jan 2020 #192

Neither do the older people who don't vote jberryhill Jan 2020 #193

I get it, but the barrier has always been greater Polybius Jan 2020 #194

Yes, so did i jberryhill Jan 2020 #195

I agree Polybius Jan 2020 #196

"Where there is a will there is a way" nt. demosincebirth Jan 2020 #185

I agree Meowmee Jan 2020 #187

We forget that Hillary won the popular vote by 3+ million demosincebirth Jan 2020 #155

Even so, the majority of older voters cast their ballots for Trump. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #167

I was one of probably a small number of people over 50 who didn't vote for Trump. Different Drummer Jan 2020 #56

Well, 26.5% of all eligible voters, voted for DT. Were they all over 50? Doubtful. 58Sunliner Jan 2020 #80

Really? No liberal over 50 voted for Trump lunatica Jan 2020 #85

Most voters over 50 cast their ballots for Trump, of course. Mariana Jan 2020 #99

I think there are many more of us than you think radical noodle Jan 2020 #140

They Don't Know History Me. Jan 2020 #3

What about all the older people that put Trump in office? JonLP24 Jan 2020 #4

Well Then, What About The Youngers Who Didn't Vote Me. Jan 2020 #11

I know an older person that didn't vote JonLP24 Jan 2020 #16

Then He Helped Put Trump In Me. Jan 2020 #24

Not as much as if he had voted for Trump, like most older voters did. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #168

What's The Difference? Me. Jan 2020 #170

They don't know history. Maybe weren't taught history or even basic civics. CousinIT Jan 2020 #44

Quite True Me. Jan 2020 #49

And whose fault is that? jberryhill Jan 2020 #133

Right?! If they aren't being taught civics in school it's because the older generations eliminated Luciferous Jan 2020 #179

Their asses aren't directly on the line SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #5

Not praising what we did, just wondering aloud where are they? NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #13

I'm not disagreeing with you SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #21

I don't think that's entirely fair. LisaM Jan 2020 #55

I totally agree with you. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #92

Posters have pointed it out over and over. Blue_true Jan 2020 #91

See post 113. Boomers are split between Dems, repugs and independents, just... brush Jan 2020 #115

Charlottesville? Mariana Jan 2020 #171

Yeah, sure. Meanwhile, all the nazis and white supremacists associated with trump... brush Jan 2020 #174

If you look at polling/voting breakdowns for the last 15 years or so, cemaphonic Jan 2020 #248

They weren't given much of a reason to wnylib Jan 2020 #61

Whites made a minute fraction of Freedom Riders. Blue_true Jan 2020 #94

True that the majority of people who were wnylib Jan 2020 #114

Look at historic pictures. Blue_true Jan 2020 #116

I was 15 in 1965. I remember a lot about wnylib Jan 2020 #149

Lack of civics instruction treestar Jan 2020 #6

Not to mention history textbooks that are replacing Thurgood CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #19

Absolutely this. intheflow Jan 2020 #182

What are you doing to organize them? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #8

+1. Trashing thread. Don't need the pointless aggravation. (nt) klook Jan 2020 #152

They need older folks to organize them? Tipperary Jan 2020 #224

When it comes to collective action, most people need someone to activate and organize them. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #227

Just wondering why the young people cannot do it themselves. Tipperary Jan 2020 #230

But they have -- anti-gun marches, climate change marches, anti-trafficking marches, etc. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #231

You'd think some of these people commenting never read DU. Mariana Jan 2020 #234

Couple of younger guys at work like Twitler Roland99 Jan 2020 #9

And back in the OP's timeframe there were guys their age who'd repeat the line... JHB Jan 2020 #18

Let's not forget the student activists of Margory Stoneman Douglas YOHABLO Jan 2020 #10

Thank you mahina Jan 2020 #26

Just stop. Lash out at the people who deserve it. JHB Jan 2020 #12

I still have hope for the young people. We just had a brief brush with CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #15

Those Kids Are Fantastic And I Wish There Were/Are of them Me. Jan 2020 #51

I wish I could have been able to name each of the speakers during that gun control rally. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #81

66 to 71 -- I was in college TruckFump Jan 2020 #17

Not quite so much skin in the game now as there was then. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #20

Who is serving in all these never ending wars? JonLP24 Jan 2020 #22

Being drafted is a little different from volunteering. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #30

Now, Skidmore Jan 2020 #52

Their Kids And Their Grandkids Lives Are On The Line....nt global1 Jan 2020 #27

The old people. nt greyl Jan 2020 #23

This is what they mean by... genxlib Jan 2020 #28

+1 progressoid Jan 2020 #53

Exactly. nt Codeine Jan 2020 #76

Yes it really is Bettie Jan 2020 #254

They are trying to get by? SlogginThroughIt Jan 2020 #29

We *are* begging them to help, but the unfortunate truth is The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #31

That is so tremendously ignorant of the barriers jberryhill Jan 2020 #159

30, one, two, and yes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #160

You have been unusual jberryhill Jan 2020 #164

I moved several times *after* I turned 24. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #166

You know what else is a burden? brooklynite Jan 2020 #225

Then the solutions would treestar Jan 2020 #37

You're right. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2020 #41

Word!!!!! nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #95

when I was their age pstokely Jan 2020 #103

Younger people need to get it in their heads that all boomers are not trumpers. brush Jan 2020 #113

The younger generation will have their own conservative assholes to deal with BigDemVoter Jan 2020 #204

Yep,I keep saying we're not all trumpers, and the white supremacists, nazis,... brush Jan 2020 #210

Except no one on DU has ever said Boomers are all Trumpers. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #214

You're right. It's usually, Boomers put trump in office. brush Jan 2020 #216

Do you think that isn't true? nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #217

No thanks. i'm not taking the bait. Stop the generation bashing and get out the vote... brush Jan 2020 #218

You edited your headline after I posted my reply. Mariana Jan 2020 #220

I agree with your list at the bottom of your post. I don't agree that there haven't... brush Jan 2020 #221

Statistics I found Meowmee Jan 2020 #265

"...with fascism and insanity taking over the government." brush Jan 2020 #268

WTF is wrong with our older people??? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2020 #33

yes we are all complicit. WhiteTara Jan 2020 #39

T H I S Cosmocat Jan 2020 #68

+1 (old white people) demmiblue Jan 2020 #78

WHO, overwhelmingly were protesting in the sixties and early seventies. Blue_true Jan 2020 #97

You left out the hippies who came after the beatniks and were generally leftists. brush Jan 2020 #110

Having tried and failed DBoon Jan 2020 #83

Our generation did fail. Blue_true Jan 2020 #100

Bingo jberryhill Jan 2020 #150

You speak only for yourself DBoon Jan 2020 #173

Actually, I am proud of the societal accomplishments that I have done. Blue_true Jan 2020 #181

People are in debt and can get fired on a whim now. Sophia_Of_PlanetX Jan 2020 #34

People have always been subject to firing at will. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #40

Today they seem to be busy WhiteTara Jan 2020 #35

Exactly, and I don't understand that. Different Drummer Jan 2020 #57

Democrats listen and WhiteTara Jan 2020 #72

We like to listen bdamomma Jan 2020 #86

Add republicans mace their asses too. People often treat their best siblings the worst. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #101

Yeah, I was doing that, too. MineralMan Jan 2020 #36

I was twenty years old when I rzemanfl Jan 2020 #45

My first presidential election was in 1968. MineralMan Jan 2020 #47

1968 was the first election I could vote in. rzemanfl Jan 2020 #50

Yep, same deal. Thanks for saying it. Many seem to think all boomers are trumpers. brush Jan 2020 #108

I'm a young pup President Sauron Jan 2020 #38

They have been swept up by materialism. It's all about the ''bling'' YOHABLO Jan 2020 #250

It's "learned helplessness" D_Master81 Jan 2020 #42

Well that is just plain ignorance on their part. They're not paying attention. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #251

I got tear gassed multiple times. rzemanfl Jan 2020 #43

Chained myself to more flagpoles than I could count... RealityChik Jan 2020 #90

The Madison, WI cops tear gassed rzemanfl Jan 2020 #102

they've been taught to disdain boomer activism DBoon Jan 2020 #46

Ain't no young people in the senate. mathematic Jan 2020 #48

Are you under the impression that young people aren't working to change things? Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2020 #54

Both. progressoid Jan 2020 #213

I think our youth are no more incapable of seeing how their lives will change LanternWaste Jan 2020 #58

If you don't think young people are doing something, you're not paying attention. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #59

No draft. Alliepoo Jan 2020 #60

in 1972, 18-29 year olds voted 52% Nixon, 46% McGovern muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #63

The numbers for the youth vote in 1972 might be atypical The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #69

In 1968 the Democrats won 47% of the under 30 vote, in 72 it was 46%. braddy Jan 2020 #161

18-21-year-olds couldn't vote in 1968. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #207

I know that, it was the 'under 30' vote and judging by the 1972 vote it wouldn't have made a great braddy Jan 2020 #208

Good to see some data, thanks. n/t TubbersUK Jan 2020 #87

A lot of young people today are anti-government, they really don't give a shit Blue_true Jan 2020 #107

perhaps they need leadership? 0rganism Jan 2020 #64

Is this an "OK BOOMER" scenario? RealityChik Jan 2020 #65

They are young people. Don't worry they will get older soon enough. comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #66

The young people I know are, for the most part, motivated and politically active. democrank Jan 2020 #67

They are busy making YouTube videos. Tipperary Jan 2020 #70

Oh good lord. Codeine Jan 2020 #79

Perfect. trotsky Jan 2020 #198

Yes, yes it is Bettie Jan 2020 #257

Some of our generation were protesting the war in Viet Nam DavidDvorkin Jan 2020 #71

They're too busy with social media. triron Jan 2020 #73

The irony of a group of fifty-somethings Codeine Jan 2020 #89

And many of the 60, 70 - somethings DID do something in their youth. cwydro Jan 2020 #119

Millennials have created a culture Codeine Jan 2020 #122

I'm a gay woman. cwydro Jan 2020 #125

Yeah, the "something" we did was to smoke dope, go to rock festivals, protest sciences we knew... NNadir Jan 2020 #141

Oh god, Boomers and their antinuclear bullshit. Codeine Jan 2020 #143

Let's not forget their anti-GMO horseshit either. NNadir Jan 2020 #148

Self hatred must be tiring. cwydro Jan 2020 #145

Well, our President is Kruger-Dunning material, and in my opinion so are those who hold... NNadir Jan 2020 #147

Wow, such alliteration! cwydro Jan 2020 #223

I actually don't "hang out" with a lot of people my age. NNadir Jan 2020 #266

What are you talking about? Lordquinton Jan 2020 #74

Then they became Trump's generation. Codeine Jan 2020 #75

I am a boomer, abeit too young to march. I fully agree with you. Blue_true Jan 2020 #109

No, a tiny fraction of students were protesting from 1968-1972. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #77

The things that I hate about Boomer recollections is the rampant revisionism. Blue_true Jan 2020 #112

I did protest, and was told on numerous occasions that if I did not like it here, guillaumeb Jan 2020 #146

+1 jberryhill Jan 2020 #151

We were a warrior generation that produced 10 million veterans, not to mention massive protests and braddy Jan 2020 #162

+1000! JoeOtterbein Jan 2020 #177

No draft, no civics classes, little true social interaction.... BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2020 #82

You just don't know enough kids. Codeine Jan 2020 #88

I have two teenage sons Bettie Jan 2020 #258

They vote as much as you lot did, Codeine Jan 2020 #84

YEP Cosmocat Jan 2020 #93

No, they don't. cwydro Jan 2020 #105

I mean at that age. Codeine Jan 2020 #118

I voted from the moment I could. cwydro Jan 2020 #120

So did I, Codeine Jan 2020 #121

Old and young have screwed up. ecstatic Jan 2020 #96

Let's not rewrite history. former9thward Jan 2020 #104

They've convinced themselves Codeine Jan 2020 #124

WTF is wrong with the old people that did all that protesting? Afromania Jan 2020 #106

" Did they get theirs and say fuck you to everybody else???" Codeine Jan 2020 #127

Yep jberryhill Jan 2020 #153

"When the student is ready, the teacher will come." Collimator Jan 2020 #111

nothing is wrong with them Skittles Jan 2020 #117

Strip them of power Codeine Jan 2020 #129

it seems like EVERYTHING is stacked against them Skittles Jan 2020 #130

WTF is wrong with our old people? Seniors support 45 more than any other age group by far. LonePirate Jan 2020 #126

Exactly. nt pnwmom Jan 2020 #132

old people Kurt V. Jan 2020 #128

There is nothing wrong with them. They are pretty much exhausted... NNadir Jan 2020 #134

+1000 ancianita Jan 2020 #137

Well said berni_mccoy Jan 2020 #178

Well said and I might add there was an all out war on liberal professors rainy Jan 2020 #191

Every weekend, I go out and find the bars and restaurants packed with young people... brooklynite Jan 2020 #226

Well, if you go to bars, you will face what we scientists call "selection pressure." NNadir Jan 2020 #232

I don't go out to bars either...I walk by them and look inside. brooklynite Jan 2020 #233

You got schooled by #232. BlueWI Jan 2020 #237

Oh I see. NNadir Jan 2020 #243

Perhaps in your anger you forget the point of this thread was "why don't young people vote"... brooklynite Jan 2020 #244

Well thanks for the glib assumption about my productivity. NNadir Jan 2020 #245

Where did I say "drunk" millenials? brooklynite Jan 2020 #246

The OP here is a cranky old man complaining... NNadir Jan 2020 #247

Well said. BlueWI Jan 2020 #249

Professor or not, you got schooled again. BlueWI Jan 2020 #253

I not defending anything that boomers did or didn't do. I'm criticizing millenials for not voting. brooklynite Jan 2020 #255

Voting for Republicans has consequences too. BlueWI Jan 2020 #267

THIS. BlueWI Jan 2020 #236

Nothing is wrong with them. liberalmuse Jan 2020 #136

" Boomers expect everyone to clean up their shit, but they took all the shovels and bags." Codeine Jan 2020 #144

not only that.... Locrian Jan 2020 #211

We are just very apathetic and cynical of politics dustyscamp Jan 2020 #138

Elected Nixon TWICE and Reagan TWICE jberryhill Jan 2020 #139

the older people are, the more they support drumpf..... Takket Jan 2020 #142

Nothing. mahina Jan 2020 #154

Maybe, we are victims of our own success DFW Jan 2020 #156

In 1972 the draft was on, the Vietnam war was on, drugs, hippies, and 52% of under 30s voted GOP. braddy Jan 2020 #157

Yup jberryhill Jan 2020 #165

About the same percentage of Boomers who voted for Trump in 2016. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #186

Too many Tide Pods? Fla_Democrat Jan 2020 #176

WTF is wrong with angry old people?! Have you heard about March for Our Lives? Or the climate Luciferous Jan 2020 #180

Pokemon + Netflix? NCLefty Jan 2020 #184

Oh, jeez. DangerousRhythm Jan 2020 #188

When I showed up to visit new gran baby today marlakay Jan 2020 #189

They are great. They favor Dems two to one. They will kill the Republican Party. Cicada Jan 2020 #190

What street are you typing this from? Renew Deal Jan 2020 #197

I am flabbergasted that there have been 200 comments NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #199

Did you know that the under 30s were the strongest supporters of the Vietnam war? braddy Jan 2020 #200

Oh the irony... Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #201

There is no draft threat... Huge difference zaj Jan 2020 #202

trump* needs to make draft noises..that will perk them up samnsara Jan 2020 #205

This country treats and disrespects the elderly worse than most counties. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #206

"You folks do it gleefully trying to drive some imaginary wedge between groups." Mariana Jan 2020 #209

Ok, Boomer. whttevrr Jan 2020 #212

There is someone on this thread actually laughing. Mariana Jan 2020 #215

I'm glad I did not see it. whttevrr Jan 2020 #219

+1 Bettie Jan 2020 #262

There's no draft to worry about Calculating Jan 2020 #222

Bang-up job you guys did stopping that war Recursion Jan 2020 #228

Details get lost in a haze of self-congratulation. nt Codeine Jan 2020 #229

We were long gone at the time of the embassy photos, that was a US embassy, not a military base. braddy Jan 2020 #263

Are we really reduced to trumpeting activism from 50 years ago? BlueWI Jan 2020 #235

OMG, Affordable housing? whttevrr Jan 2020 #238

I hear you. BlueWI Jan 2020 #239

GggRrr... I. Just. Can't... whttevrr Jan 2020 #240

+zillions jberryhill Jan 2020 #252

WTF is wrong with our Boomers?? whttevrr Jan 2020 #241

I haven't read the replies to this OP but I can't resist an obvious answer... Kali Jan 2020 #242

Nothing ismnotwasm Jan 2020 #256

This is what they want MoonlitKnight Jan 2020 #259

There is no ONE issue uniting everybody like Vietnam anymore NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #260

Nothing is wrong with them, their motivation may be different, that doesn't make them wrong Fiendish Thingy Jan 2020 #261

Damn, 261 posts - stirring the pot can illicit some NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #264