I recall far too well getting shit on by the so-called 'greatest generation' (my old dad said the only thing great about his generation was the amount of trouble they caused with wars and stupid handling of the economy causing a huge depression) and with the same rubbish I hear my contemporaries and GenX calling younger generations. I ask them if they remember hearing the same nonsense when we were kids? Apparently not. Or maybe they weren't listening.
There was a thread on here that made me want to ralf - mooning on about how in THEIR day kids didn't disrupt classrooms, respected elders blah blah. I mostly lurk and don't post much (I've been discouraged on here) but I had to answer that. I'm almost 70 and remember fights in the school hallways, mouthy kids, etc., and I grew up in small towns!
So, I'm sorry for that - not all of us are "OK, Boomer" - a lot are proud and feel great hope for the future because of younger generations. I was not a radical as a kid - just a regular small town kid, but I've always hated prejudice because I don't understand it and this is just more prejudice.
Oh, I use these categories even though they're mostly broad brush thinking - not sure how else to express this.
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