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safeinOhio

(32,532 posts)
10. Boomers are helping with their $.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 08:12 AM
Jun 2020

I did my time on the streets on the 60s and 70s. Stood over burn barrels and strike lines in the 70s and 80s.
Now I donate $ to Dems, NAACP and SPLC. We do what we can with what we’ve got.
I never miss an election either.

Because of Covid 19 and young people not having school or much else to do JI7 Jun 2020 #1
Exactly. Boomers risk not only violence from police that they have weathered before, but COVID hlthe2b Jun 2020 #6
Boomers are helping with their $. safeinOhio Jun 2020 #10
Yeah, I'll risk it to vote HAB911 Jun 2020 #18
Baby boomers are in the high risk group for COVID ms liberty Jun 2020 #2
There's that, plus a lot of us no longer have the physical capacity to hit the streets. I can't tblue37 Jun 2020 #12
Yep. It stopped me from going out and I'm classic baby boomer. Born in '55. Solomon Jun 2020 #3
IMO Boomers certainly did their party for decades. It's heartening to see millenials... brush Jun 2020 #11
The youth have picked up the baton SallyHemmings Jun 2020 #4
I'm a marcher. I march a lot. But I am also a person with Covid risk factors. It is killing Squinch Jun 2020 #5
I agree. kentuck Jun 2020 #8
Things change gradually most of the time. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #16
Us baby boomers are in our 60's and 70's now. Many have health and mobility issues. Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #7
I may not be able snowybirdie Jun 2020 #9
I'm a 73 yr old baby boomer. I wouldn't be caught in these secondwind Jun 2020 #13
Shouldn't be surprising - given their age and COVID. Should be a point of optimism Raven123 Jun 2020 #14
I can tell you why this Boomer isn't on the streets Maeve Jun 2020 #15
This old person didn't march because I have a sister with scarred lungs. lark Jun 2020 #17
Race relations will improve Chainfire Jun 2020 #19
I may not be out there protesting but give my support. Dustlawyer Jun 2020 #20
I'm out protesting locally-wearing a mask. Alliepoo Jun 2020 #21
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