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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]liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I'm a tail end Boomer and haven't liked my generation since the late '80's or early '90's. Granted, there are a lot of decent Boomers, many who have been fighting for change since the '60's, but too many in this generation are less than mediocre and bought into the bullshit Reagan fed them in the '80's. People my age know better than to vote Republican, but they still do because they are selfish assholes who are proud of their self-imposed ignorance and don't give a flying fuck about others as long as they have theirs. Aside from the early Boomers, most have never had to fight for this country or sacrifice, unless you count delaying gratification for a couple of days as a sacrifice. You don't shit on what your parents left you and then turn around and leave a huge mess for your kids to deal with. You just don't. The Boomers are going to be the most hated generation in American history, mark my words.
This is my opinion and I'm sure many of you won't like it, but it's the truth as I see it. I've tried too hard to have in-depth discussions with people my age and it is an exercise in futility much of the time. Millenials are a different matter - perhaps it's youth, but I've found most I've run into are aware of the important issues at hand and actually give a shit about helping to address and fix them. The large quantity of Boomers I seem to encounter only care about discussing shopping, sports, making money and tv shows like, "American Idol" or "Dancing with the Stars". It's enough to make your eyes glaze over. There are way too many people in our age group who don't even bother to take the effort to become informed about civil matters. Instead, they let their church, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News tell them how to think (and their churches pretty much endorse right wing talking points right from the pulpit), so forget about having a semi-informed discussion about politics. Forget about having a conversation and not hearing them express contempt for the poor or immigrants or the younger generations.
I'm not talking about all Boomers, just the sort mentioned above. They like to put down other generations because looking at their own would take too much self reflection and work to fix. I guess you could say I'm utterly disappointed in my generation. I used to think we were better than this.