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guillaumeb

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11. There are many greedy people in every age group.

Reply to BillZBubb (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:33 PM

Sep 2015

It is ridiculous and reductionist to arbitrarily decide that any particular generation "caused" the current situation. An obvious attempt at division based on age. The right wing is very good at that type of division, whether based on age, or color, or class.

Sad to see this type of simplistic nonsense at DU.

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Millennials Painfully Aware of How Much Needs Fixing in Wake of "Most Selfish Generation" [View all] EEO Sep 2015 OP

What simplistic silliness. guillaumeb Sep 2015 #1

There is nothing simplistic or silly about it. BillZBubb Sep 2015 #5

50 and up? That's simplistic and silly Warpy Sep 2015 #7

Lots of polling data says otherwise. BillZBubb Sep 2015 #9

Take a statistics course. Warpy Sep 2015 #13

I've forgotten more statistics than you'll ever know buddy. BillZBubb Sep 2015 #17

It shows Warpy Sep 2015 #19

Note that the years chosen were off year elections spooky3 Sep 2015 #23

65 and liberal Dem voter here and so are all of my old friends and my LiberalElite Sep 2015 #8

Anecdotal evidence is worthless. BillZBubb Sep 2015 #10

There are many greedy people in every age group. guillaumeb Sep 2015 #11

That's not the point. BillZBubb Sep 2015 #12

News flash! <60% is hardly "overwhelming." And spooky3 Sep 2015 #22

If you had said "men...are consistent right wing voters" spooky3 Sep 2015 #21

I'm over 50, white, and to the left of Bernie on some issues. yurbud Sep 2015 #34

Thanks! I'm not taking the blame for a few uber-rich sociopathic psychopathic assholes! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #35

BS RandySF Sep 2015 #2

+ a gadzillion. leftofcool Sep 2015 #26

On their watch but ... GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #3

If you want to see selfish RandySF Sep 2015 #4

THIS beltanefauve Sep 2015 #18

Yes, all those libertarian techies of the "sharing" economy alarimer Sep 2015 #32

millenials = self obsessed people who can't tell the current weather w/out a cell phone or tablet l msongs Sep 2015 #6

And there is is! leftofcool Sep 2015 #27

It works like this. Igel Sep 2015 #14

Handed what exactly?? Fearless Sep 2015 #16

If they don't like the mess they see RandySF Sep 2015 #20

Agreed wholeheartedly! Fearless Sep 2015 #15

By casting this as an intergenerational conflict . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #24

Bingo! Way to get to the heart of the matter. Millennials aren't the only one with complaints brush Sep 2015 #31

BOOM! m night shanahan Sep 2015 #25

What generation doesnt want to pay? MichMan Sep 2015 #28

Oh goody MuseRider Sep 2015 #29

Young people have been hurling insults at the previous generation forever. virgogal Sep 2015 #30

"Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying" m night shanahan Sep 2015 #33

No, it was the 1%--boomers or otherwise--who did all that. nt raccoon Sep 2015 #36