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GGoss

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24. Oh I Don't Know...

Fri Jan 20, 2023, 10:26 AM

Jan 2023

I was born smack dab in the middle of the "Boom", 1955.

I wanted to go to Woodstock, but my mom wouldn't let me. (I was in the 8th Grade)

As far as "selling out"...

I watched the movie 'Woodstock' the other day, and I wondered about what had happened to all those young (at the time) people.

Not the David Crosbys, or Country Joes, or The Family Stoneses... but the other 499,950 or so people who attended.

It occurred to me that for many, it was fashion. Not just the clothing and the art of the time, but fashionable just to be there. To be seen being there.

BUT... for many others... it was philosophy.

It was about challenging and changing the status quo, the world, and themselves.

And you know what ??? They did all of those things.

Was it perfect, no. Was it significant, without question.

And as JFK might have said "...the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans..."

Good luck to all the future generations, truly.

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Bullshit! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2023 #1

🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝 spanone Jan 2023 #15

Oh I'm sorry, my employer deducted 2.50 a week from my paycheck a week for Blue Cross Blue Shield Woodswalker Jan 2023 #38

More bullshit. spanone Jan 2023 #40

My First Employer RobinA Jan 2023 #75

+1000 sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #19

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 highplainsdem Jan 2023 #46

+1 - nt Ohio Joe Jan 2023 #48

Plus a brazillion. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Jan 2023 #64

May I humbly add my +1? AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #94

Edgy. Ptah Jan 2023 #2

Have to agree with Floyd jcgoldie Jan 2023 #3

Speak for yourself. My family did not have a similar situation. badhair77 Jan 2023 #4

why the negative tone Tickle Jan 2023 #5

The "majority of boomers"? I won't bother asking you to substantiate that because I know you Atticus Jan 2023 #6

There has never been free healthcare in this country. scarletlib Jan 2023 #7

The "majority"... MiHale Jan 2023 #8

Please feel free to keep selling ... NanceGreggs Jan 2023 #9

Mind boggling that you think all boomers grew up the same way, having the same things Raine Jan 2023 #10

Yep, that may hold but only for the white middle class treestar Jan 2023 #71

This boomer has kept the same values I had when I was 20 (1970) walkingman Jan 2023 #11

Me too--we're the same age. panader0 Jan 2023 #37

Wow, bitter much? Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #12

I beg to disagree jmbar2 Jan 2023 #13

I think you make a good point. scarletlib Jan 2023 #29

+1 treestar Jan 2023 #68

The White Middle Class RobinA Jan 2023 #77

Isn't that working class? treestar Jan 2023 #78

When I Was In College RobinA Jan 2023 #84

Sorry you have experienced this, but it's not universally true. lark Jan 2023 #14

Totally wrong assumption calguy Jan 2023 #16

You might think that your life was a waste but you could work to change that Kaleva Jan 2023 #17

Wacko OP Cattledog Jan 2023 #18

Wrong. David Crosby was a hard core liberal/progressive who called the Magat King Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2023 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #41

Thanks for those quotes! 👍 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #42

You shouldn't knock boomers like that man GusBob Jan 2023 #21

Did you get lost on the internet this morning? niyad Jan 2023 #22

Not me, or the boomers I know. likesmountains 52 Jan 2023 #23

Oh I Don't Know... GGoss Jan 2023 #24

jfc what the fucking fuck. Oof. themaguffin Jan 2023 #25

Free hc? Umm no this country has never had free hc, LOL Meowmee Jan 2023 #26

What a load of crapola. onenote Jan 2023 #27

Sounds serious. Torchlight Jan 2023 #28

Stop erasing the good caring people delisen Jan 2023 #30

Free healthcare? What fucking planet are you living now? My family and I. raccoon Jan 2023 #31

Ugh. llmart Jan 2023 #32

A Generation Of Sociopaths FrankTC Jan 2023 #33

Speak for yourself there, chief EYESORE 9001 Jan 2023 #34

I am so ashamed of my generation. ananda Jan 2023 #35

We went from the dark side snowybirdie Jan 2023 #36

Proud to be a Boomer Sneederbunk Jan 2023 #39

Pretty sure Crosby was not a Trumper BannonsLiver Jan 2023 #43

Someone just posted his last tweet. It was Emile Jan 2023 #80

I posted some of his recent tweets here: highplainsdem Jan 2023 #103

Looks like alot of Boomer Denial here Woodswalker Jan 2023 #44

Amen! inthewind21 Jan 2023 #47

I'm New Here... A Question: GGoss Jan 2023 #51

Welcome to our DU family. We seem to be in a rather fractious mood this niyad Jan 2023 #57

Thank You niyad GGoss Jan 2023 #60

as DU trends Boomerish, the usual Gen-poke post here is a Millennial and/or Gen Z kickabout Celerity Jan 2023 #67

I Hear Ya, Even The Generations Can Have There Own Divisions GGoss Jan 2023 #85

To be precise, a 1945 born's a last year Silent Gen, a 1965 born's a 1st year Gen Xer, not a Boomer Celerity Jan 2023 #90

Thanks You For That Info GGoss Jan 2023 #92

yes, that article is correct with the years, but USA Today is also so sloppy as in another story Celerity Jan 2023 #97

So... One Could Say You're A Multi-National, Multi-Generational, No ??? GGoss Jan 2023 #99

Agree! Pitting age groups treestar Jan 2023 #74

Welcome GGoss! chowder66 Jan 2023 #100

Kindly back up that claim about TRAITOR**, turtle, and deatsentence with niyad Jan 2023 #53

Go to Florida Woodswalker Jan 2023 #54

Ah, so you cannot produce proof. Got it. Florida is one of fifty states. niyad Jan 2023 #59

Not really nini Jan 2023 #61

Disagreement with your premise is not denial. Torchlight Jan 2023 #65

Do you live in a red state? treestar Jan 2023 #73

I'm Sorry RobinA Jan 2023 #82

Looks like a lot of fiction from you onenote Jan 2023 #101

Just wow... Speak for yourself. Me, my Sis, the Friends my age, some of my Family stayed true... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #45

Yeah, sure... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #49

You don't seem to understand either your generation or David Crosby very well. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #50

Why are Liberal Boomers trying so hard to defend a generation Woodswalker Jan 2023 #52

Because You're RobinA Jan 2023 #86

I'm guessing you learned math from the esteemed George Santos onenote Jan 2023 #87

Pretty hard for Trump to get 90% of his support from those 0ver 65 Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #95

Who peed in your cereal this morning? niyad Jan 2023 #55

The whole Gen? Don't know about that. edisdead Jan 2023 #56

I Think Part RobinA Jan 2023 #89

LOLOL nini Jan 2023 #58

What a load of codswallop. Spazito Jan 2023 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Jan 2023 #66

My question: So you're a boomer. Do you fit that description? MineralMan Jan 2023 #69

Free healthcare? Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #70

Absolute Nonsense RobinA Jan 2023 #72

You're missing a key word. "Some". jalan48 Jan 2023 #76

David Crosby was not a "Boomer". blue neen Jan 2023 #79

Oh please... civil rights women's rights Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #81

Noticed. pwb Jan 2023 #83

"Free healthcare"? area51 Jan 2023 #88

A lot of boomers went from hippies to Reagan worshippers Mysterian Jan 2023 #91

Few points. AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #93

Yep, the hippies became the Reaganites. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2023 #96

Bull shit. onenote Jan 2023 #102

Enough! GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #98

One more time David Crosby was not a Baby Boomer Locutusofborg Jan 2023 #104

Tell that to my three classmates who died in 'Nam -- and the ones who survived but were never the allegorical oracle Jan 2023 #105

Trashing thread Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 #106

Boomer here! LuckyCharms Jan 2023 #107