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104. I liked them so much I joined the Navy!

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How will the "Baby Boom" generation be remembered? [View all] kentuck Feb 2022 OP

I think OLDMDDEM Feb 2022 #1

A mixed bag which is virtually every generation jimfields33 Feb 2022 #2

Agreed scarletlib Feb 2022 #63

How many 20 year olds were serving in Congress in 1965? Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #71

Great accomplishments, and huge disappointment Walleye Feb 2022 #3

I remember going out into the hall way for bomb drills until about 4th grade. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #70

as a caricature DBoon Feb 2022 #4

As ruiners of the economy and the planet JT45242 Feb 2022 #5

Completely false and and an excuse for those who just want to blame and not try to improve things. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #18

What is percentage of reagan supporters yorkster Feb 2022 #19

Enabling the destruction of Americans Democracy? maxrandb Feb 2022 #6

The baby boomers did not fuck up the 2016 election and elect Trump...most BB Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #12

Voters 50+ went for Trump Sympthsical Feb 2022 #20

I did not. n/t CousinIT Feb 2022 #21

The poster is trying to lay the whole thing on younger voters Sympthsical Feb 2022 #23

Me either Nt raccoon Feb 2022 #33

No, lazy thinking snowybirdie Feb 2022 #24

I never said all voters over 50 Sympthsical Feb 2022 #25

That, And All Wingers RobinA Feb 2022 #29

The majority of voters over 50 cast their ballots for Trump. Mariana Feb 2022 #38

All aren't, and nobody is saying that. temporary311 Feb 2022 #44

Boomers are kind of the third rail around here Bettie Feb 2022 #48

As an older Millennial, I almost want to stop trying to explain Sympthsical Feb 2022 #50

It is frustrating Bettie Feb 2022 #53

That seems like kind of a strawman statement. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #80

"Everyone except us did it!" vs "Noone but you did it!" eShirl Feb 2022 #108

Great post. 😂 nt raccoon Feb 2022 #64

Not this one, nor many F&F appalachiablue Feb 2022 #62

The Bernie crowd. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #82

Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. It overlapped 2 generations and thus we conflate hlthe2b Feb 2022 #7

Exactly LakeArenal Feb 2022 #11

I was born in 1958 phylny Feb 2022 #45

The baby boom generation could be divided into thirds. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #61

I remember either reading or hearing on the radio (or possibly in person) someone... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #106

Exactly. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #109

Everybody loves a scapegoat. Even liberals and Democrats apparently. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #83

They also invented the technology we're all using right now. MineralMan Feb 2022 #8

How about huge steps for racial equality, ending the Vietnam war, Woman's rights, Gay rights...ETC Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #9

Add to that Earth Day, The Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Greybnk48 Feb 2022 #27

Screw that. McConnell, Thomas and Roberts and most of the rest were alive in WWII LakeArenal Feb 2022 #10

Sad to say bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #13

Sounds like a giant sterotype to me and light on the facts. How about the current generation? Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #15

They don't want to talk about the current generation. redstatebluegirl Feb 2022 #22

Very light on facts. Conflating Hippies with Yuppies n/t Greybnk48 Feb 2022 #28

Hmm, never owned a luxury SUV, whatever that is, only cruise I ever went on was at 13 with my Treefrog Feb 2022 #39

The social progrees and benefits produced during the Boomer generation are being rolled back sanatanadharma Feb 2022 #14

I am still optimistic that we can do better. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #17

Greedy, selfish and always under the thumb of their parent's generation. Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #16

Lol, that's hilarious. Treefrog Feb 2022 #37

Very few Boomers were elected officials that passed CR legislation. Too young. Straights, Hippies... JanMichael Feb 2022 #26

Yeah, I did a double take about civil rights too. cemaphonic Feb 2022 #35

This boomer worked for everything I have. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #30

The majority of Boomers voted for Trump Mariana Feb 2022 #41

What about young republican types. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #60

Young Republicans are the minority of young voters. Mariana Feb 2022 #68

For electing Donald Trump budkin Feb 2022 #31

All of us boomers did not vote for Trump. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #34

I realize that, but the majority did budkin Feb 2022 #58

Young MAGA to. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #89

We had the greatest music there ever was, or ever will be. Nt raccoon Feb 2022 #32

Damn right. Treefrog Feb 2022 #36

Anyone born in 1965 could vote in 1983. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #40

Funny how some people seem to believe that is an entirely new thing Mariana Feb 2022 #42

No. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #52

There are a lot of young Republicans Mariana Feb 2022 #67

No one is saying no boomers vote republican. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #69

As a midwest genxer I've watched the Boomers grow old Buckeyeblue Feb 2022 #43

The emotional intelligence I blame on temporary311 Feb 2022 #46

Women's rights and civil rights wasn't the boomers Spider Jerusalem Feb 2022 #47

We kicked in a lot of doors. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #93

Numerous Hekate Feb 2022 #49

Not as harshly as Republicans of this era nini Feb 2022 #51

Thank you nt DeeNice Feb 2022 #56

With a hackneyed stereotype nt DeeNice Feb 2022 #54

I'm a boomer...to me it was the generation characterized by the 60s... Sancho Feb 2022 #55

I went from six to sixteen in the 60's. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #79

I went from birth to six in the sixties, and apparently I'm a boomer too. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #92

I think it because of the birth control pill. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #94

My mother seemed to have pretty good control over her fertility, even without the pill. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #95

I remember my mother's birth control pills. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #97

Wrongly Maeve Feb 2022 #57

Baby Boomers also gave us the best music ever! William769 Feb 2022 #59

In my opinion, it is the young who change the world. kentuck Feb 2022 #65

The young WANT to change the world... brooklynite Feb 2022 #66

The young have never voted in large enough numbers to determine who we got as President. kentuck Feb 2022 #73

And I would argue that social unrest frequently leads to a voter backlash... brooklynite Feb 2022 #75

That may be true... kentuck Feb 2022 #77

Most inthewind21 Feb 2022 #98

Takes both. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #78

Baby Boomers are old. kentuck Feb 2022 #81

Yes. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #84

And the old inthewind21 Feb 2022 #101

I grew up in politics. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #74

I don't know, but it kills me to think the Slobfather is from my generation. Vinca Feb 2022 #72

I think he got dropped in from another planet. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #76

Indifferent to the country they're leaving behind after they are gone, while damning the generations Politicub Feb 2022 #85

Really. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #87

I think it will depend on the commercial being aired Torchlight Feb 2022 #86

In one image Sympthsical Feb 2022 #88

I pre-date the Baby Boomers, having been born during WWII kskiska Feb 2022 #90

The fortunate generation. jalan48 Feb 2022 #91

Depending on what color or sex. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #96

Good points. Thanks for sharing. jalan48 Feb 2022 #100

On the whole, this is a very disappointing thread that encourages others to tar an entire generation Hekate Feb 2022 #99

Bell bottom pants Emile Feb 2022 #102

I hated them Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #103

I liked them so much I joined the Navy! Emile Feb 2022 #104

Navy uniforms were handsome. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #105

I choose to remember them like this. ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #107