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In reply to the discussion: It seems like there's a lot of dislike and contempt for "boomers" from "millennials" [View all]winter is coming
(11,785 posts)202. Classification by "generation" is divisive bullshit. n/t
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It seems like there's a lot of dislike and contempt for "boomers" from "millennials" [View all]
cali
Dec 2013
OP
We Boomers - As Parents - Were Supposed To Make Things Better For Our Children.....
global1
Dec 2013
#1
Don't thank us--wages flat-lined starting in the early to mid-seventies,
truebluegreen
Dec 2013
#106
I'm a 2nd wave boomer and I can assure that my sisters and I all are worse off
magical thyme
Dec 2013
#227
Boomers became large proponents of republicanism, very few remained true to the vision
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#241
A 50-50 split between evil versus good is still a fucking failure. Why should Boomers
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#242
We were a hell of a lot sharper than the Greatest Generation who voted 55-39 for Reagan
Fumesucker
Dec 2013
#247
**cough** **cough** **cough** **cough** **cough** nope not true no matter how much you may want
azurnoir
Dec 2013
#177
So, effective anti-war protests, the fight for women's rights and racial eqality and GLBT
cali
Dec 2013
#8
War on Drugs, Prison Rates, Corporate Corruption, Political Corruption, Deadly GMO's
joeglow3
Dec 2013
#21
And you seem to think the boomer generation is wholly responsible for all the good shit
joeglow3
Dec 2013
#37
uh, no, my darling young friend. YOU seem to have a considerable reading comprehension
cali
Dec 2013
#43
lol. you attack- and nastily, an entire generation. the strength of your position is non-existent
cali
Dec 2013
#77
so, no answers either. not one of the bright lights of your generation, I guess?
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#175
suck that your generation is not smart enough to come out for mid term elections....
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#194
That it took boomers 20 years to lose what workers spent 100 years fighting for
joeglow3
Dec 2013
#167
A few days/weeks of homelessness and/or hunger will change that libertarian lean in a g-damn hurry.
TroglodyteScholar
Dec 2013
#25
The split toward progressive libertarianism is pretty significant. Millennials are far more
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#243
Every generation is smarter than its predecessor and wiser than its successor. nt
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#10
No, it's speaking to their point of view. Gen Xers groused about how out of touch
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#17
REALLY? You saw a "boomer" thread and you had to start your own to get 137 posts?
snooper2
Dec 2013
#14
Nothing bother me...well, except stupid people. And these fucking bugs we had in Texas
snooper2
Dec 2013
#22
I fear the dominance of a generation that cannot remember a world before Ronald Reagan
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
#15
I'm not sure about my DU warfare cycle, but I think up next is the regional war.
hughee99
Dec 2013
#29
i put it down to grumpy old person syndrome, not so much get off my lawn as you owe me
loli phabay
Dec 2013
#33
Bleh. That generation has already shown a willingingness to butt fuck my generation.
joeglow3
Dec 2013
#264
They had the benefits given them because of things their parents did, they took these
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#74
I think part of it is a lack of understanding of the difficulties millenials face.
wickerwoman
Dec 2013
#49
I seriously doubt that 20-23% of Boomers were Hippies. Hippies stood for something.
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#244
Once again the boomers are self interested. Focusing on their own children the millenials.
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2013
#64
Strauss and Howe use 1982 as the Millennials' starting birth year and 2004 as the last birth year.[
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2013
#121
When one considered what the boomer generation inherited versus what they did with it....
Demo_Chris
Dec 2013
#66
The generational theft thing seems to be rubbing some Millenials the wrong way
AngryAmish
Dec 2013
#93
The Boomers are such a ridiculously large generation; therefore, it's impossible to generalize...
YoungDemCA
Dec 2013
#97
It's difficult to attend a rally when you're working 2-3 minimum wage part time jobs. (nt)
jeff47
Dec 2013
#161
Surely you don't think everyone on a discussion board should cheer together...
polichick
Dec 2013
#170
Gawd, this is stupid. Good thing there aren't any actual burning issues to deal with.
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2013
#141
everyone's bitching about "Boomer-caused" economic problems--but let's see who
MisterP
Dec 2013
#153
The boomers tried to turn back civil rights and brought us the fucking drug war.
joshcryer
Dec 2013
#182
Let me turn this around: It seems like there's a lot of contempt for Millennials from Boomers
Hippo_Tron
Dec 2013
#183
Perfectly said, but you left out one very interesting thing about the greed generation
Demo_Chris
Dec 2013
#210
"Let me tell you why you resent me" is not generally the best way to start a conversation.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#213
Economically, the rich and wealthy run the US and our current situation is by their design.
killbotfactory
Dec 2013
#218
The two groups have been in conflict for years. Millennials feel that Boomers are self
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#240
Well, MY contempt is for generalizations made from a personal small sample of "N."
WinkyDink
Dec 2013
#265