Dear Millennials: I'm sorry we didn't stop them

[mntleo2]

63. There were so many of my generation that stayed quiet, sadly

Believe me as a social justice advocate as a youth did not let me stay silent! But I cannot tell you how many times I was shushed and told to stay silent "for the good" of everyone." This was because it made people uncomfortable to see the injustices happening right under their noses and oh Lord, do *not* speak the truth!.

Raised by WOBBLYS I watched my own union give up civil service so they could get more money. Now although they are the only ones out there for workers if at all, many are weak and feckless, (including the ones who went behind closed doors and gave away all our power), sad to say.

As an advocate for community and family support I just wanted to scream when those who lost it all came crying to the likes of me saying, "B-b-b-ut I really deserve the help! I worked so harrrrd, I went to my place of faith, I did all the right things..." As if the poor had not been doing those same things all along yet were ridiculed and told their poverty was "their own fault?" See, doncha know, "they did not work hard enough, their unpaid work was considered "doing nothing," and they were just too lazy."

Millions of families were thrown under the bus with welfare DeFormed being placed in forced low income labor that left them abjectly poor for the rest of their lives. They were all "welfare queens" like the lie Reagan told us about and Clinton went along with doncha know. I cannot mention names here, but one of them is a famous woman who carried all that out with gusto. ..."

My generation needs to face it. We gave it all away fueled by the "greed is good" meme without admitting that attitude just gave it to us in the shorts. I am proud to say I did not stay silent and I tried to warn about what my grandparents, the forerunners of unions, said would happen if we did not keep vigil. But I paid the price for speaking truth to power because well I refused to sleep with the enemy.

Yes I am frankly ashamed of my generation. Instead of making our world even better we created a junk yard and place of filth for them to live.

Just sayin'
Cat in Seattle