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LakeArenal

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20. Did war change who you are? How could it not?

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:49 AM

Oct 2022

It might be who I’ve hung out with in my life but no Vietnam Vet ever told me that war was a good thing for the US or freedom.

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It's okay if you want to call me a Boomer. I've paid my dues. [View all] kpete Oct 2022 OP

I'm a Boomer, I voted. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #1

Let's us not forget Traildogbob Oct 2022 #12

Also young men were being conscripted into an illegal war. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #14

My point. Traildogbob Oct 2022 #15

Mr Lake got a high lottery number. Just luck. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #17

My number was 324 Traildogbob Oct 2022 #19

Did war change who you are? How could it not? LakeArenal Oct 2022 #20

Any war Traildogbob Oct 2022 #28

Thanks Traildogbob for sharing. Everyone is interesting. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #33

well said. Thanks Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #79

If you have never seen it and have a chance to, Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #59

I loved that series. llmart Oct 2022 #73

I was sixteen when my brother age twenty-two was crying. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #22

Many people Traildogbob Oct 2022 #30

Proud to be a boomer (1952) politically active since High School. Voted in every election, not sure Handler Oct 2022 #65

Both Whiny Donny and GWB are boomers... question everything Oct 2022 #2

Elon Musk and Kanye West are Gen X... bluesbassman Oct 2022 #5

So is Obama. LisaM Oct 2022 #18

Obama and I are sort of dubious boomers. plimsoll Oct 2022 #38

I don't like generational pitting either. LisaM Oct 2022 #39

What was your degree in? I graduated in 1986 and had no problems finding a decent job and continued beaglelover Oct 2022 #58

English. LisaM Oct 2022 #60

I kind of remember the Kennedy assassination, I was still in Meadowoak Oct 2022 #41

Kind of questionable if you remember it as Kennedy being assassinated. plimsoll Oct 2022 #52

And Clinton. What's more, Whiny, GWB and Clinton were born only three months apart question everything Oct 2022 #81

Most of the uptight, ultra-normal people I worked with Pinback Oct 2022 #40

Are you going somewhere with this? Hekate Oct 2022 #61

Just to show that one cannot generalize about... anything, really question everything Oct 2022 #82

Proud Boomer here. I voted. niyad Oct 2022 #3

Boomer here - I can say for a fact that we started out liberal and progressive FakeNoose Oct 2022 #4

a boomer & a flower child kpete Oct 2022 #7

Tail-end boomer here lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #25

Yes Reagan killed it for all of us FakeNoose Oct 2022 #27

That was my first election as well. I'm proud of that vote for Jimmy. nt crickets Oct 2022 #68

I'm a '59er too LittleGirl Oct 2022 #72

I really thought the 80's would bring on widespread enlightenment lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #86

Me too, forever blue, getting bluer all the time. Magoo48 Oct 2022 #26

1957 Boomer here. Civil Rights and Vietnam motivated me before I was old enough to vote Martin Eden Oct 2022 #46

Same here. llmart Oct 2022 #75

Whenever I see stuff like this Sympthsical Oct 2022 #6

+1 Celerity Oct 2022 #9

Well, isn't that special Hekate Oct 2022 #62

I am a Boomer and I live in Chicago nevergiveup Oct 2022 #8

Husband is a boomer and I'm a GenXer and we voted r/o SoBlueInFL Oct 2022 #10

Boomer here and I vote blue, no matter who... Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #11

Me too. I've voted EVERY ELECTION of my life Captain Zero Oct 2022 #29

Yesterday I mailed in my ballot! lunatica Oct 2022 #45

Of course I'm voting EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #13

Yes. And many become more conservative with parenthood. Hortensis Oct 2022 #37

I've gotten more liberal with age. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #42

Me too! lunatica Oct 2022 #49

Same here EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #53

same nt LittleGirl Oct 2022 #84

I'm a Boomer and proud of it! Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #16

I mailed my absentee ballot last Monday! lunatica Oct 2022 #47

Mine got mailed this afternoon. Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #70

Proud to have been tear gassed for no reason. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #21

GOP is committing boomer on boomer crime IronLionZion Oct 2022 #23

Need! lunatica Oct 2022 #50

I hate all those generational labels like poison. heckles65 Oct 2022 #24

The only time I mind a label is when it's used as a pejorative. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #36

Boomer. Voted. BadgerMom Oct 2022 #31

+1 Meadowoak Oct 2022 #43

I, too, am a boomer! When I was 21 (in 1972) I voted for the first time for McGovern. Red Pest Oct 2022 #32

Yep. Everything I fought for, too. calimary Oct 2022 #34

This boomer is a serial blue voter. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2022 #35

👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #44

I'm an original boomer (1946). I voted for the Democratic candidate in every race on the ballot. Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #48

K&R UTUSN Oct 2022 #51

Boomer here. '49 classic.My first vote was for Shirley Chisholm. 1972 California primary Walleye Oct 2022 #54

Why would anyone get upset over being called a Boomer? Mariana Oct 2022 #55

See post 6 and 9. Hekate Oct 2022 #64

Proud to be a Baby Boomer, Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #56

We lived through Nixon. Damn right we vote every time. Lochloosa Oct 2022 #57

Proud Boomer here. Dropped my ballot in a USPS mailbox on Sat. Beto and Dems all the way. Demnation Oct 2022 #63

.........I Am From The Generation.... titanicdave Oct 2022 #66

Just wanted to say thanks for in essence being our elder siblings Hekate Oct 2022 #71

Worked for anti-war Sen. Gene McCarthy in 1968, the year I turned 21, and never looked back... Hekate Oct 2022 #67

OK Boomer.... reACTIONary Oct 2022 #69

Boomer here, area51 Oct 2022 #74

Born in 1953 GenThePerservering Oct 2022 #76

kpete............ Upthevibe Oct 2022 #77

Early Boomer here. I was 20 years old in 1968 and PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #78

Boomer proud. I began voting 50 years ago. love_katz Oct 2022 #80

OK, Boomer. Just kidding. I'm one as well. argyl Oct 2022 #83

it's not just MAGAts Skittles Oct 2022 #85