To the Millenials from a Gen Xer

[DonCoquixote]

5. Young?

The way we did, with Grunge that amplified angst and bad guitar playing that was "Seattle" even though most of it was just badly done Black Sabbath? Or with our Hair Metal that was just trying to catch a bit of the 1980's as it was fading? Or Punk with it's "three chords and the truth" that hid the fact that no one could play more than three chords?

Let's be fair, the one time we acted "young" was when we voted Clinton into office, because he played the sax on Arsenio Hall.

I can be open and say that while Gen X had good points (mostly because we were honest, and we knew that the world was changing for the worse), I can also call my generation to task, unlike Rall that speaks of them as if they are the only ones to "fix everything." We spent way too much time moaning about the fact that the Boomers had screwed the world up, and all we got was Grunge. The Millennial indeed, could take more risks, but frankly, do we expect them to act like the Rolling Stones, who still act like they were 15 because they played their cards right 30 years ago? The Millenials inherited the crust of the 20th century's dead dreams, and played their hand well.

Rall hates Steampunk?, maybe that is because it takes talent to draw it, something his mock cubist style shows he has NONE of. Rall gets mad at OWS,maybe he should not have slammed it from the start, mocking them, except if they chose to let Black Bloc run the show. I sure as hell did not see him at OWS, unlike many of the Bommers he hates,who actually DID support the Milennials.

In short, do we in Gen X have to become the stupid,closed minded grumps already? It is not like we had that great a youth, we might as well become a different, less banal, type of elder.