2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A not-that-political friend's take on Bernie Sanders [View all]NonMetro
(631 posts)You did the "boomer bashing" because some "sanctimonious" people of that generation have told you to "sit down and shut up" and have asked to put your their own aspirations "on hold" because they want to see a woman president. Is that right? First, I am over 50, and I have never asked anyone to either sit down and shut up, nor have I ever asked anyone to put their lives on hold because I want to see a woman president. So, tell me: why do you think it's fair to slam an entire generation for the bad behavior of some?
Now, beyond that, this is the very reason why I dislike these phony names the MSM has created for various generations, such as "Baby Boomer", "Baby Buster", "Millenials" etc.: people form stereotypes around these artificially created labels, and the proceed to attack others. Did anyone ever ask anyone of your generation if they wanted to be called 'Baby Busters"? Well, no, because some sanctimonious people in the news media decided that for you when you were a baby. And the same is true of "baby boomer": Some sanctimonious people in the media in the 1970's decided that's what those born after WWII would be called, and nobody of that generation was ever called that before then, either. It's a label, and like all other artificial labels, it's leading to trouble.
Sorry for the long response, but I wanted you to know where I was coming from.