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SoCal's avatar

Not even Gen X! Most of us were teenagers in 1990. Even the old GenX were 20s. Way too young to contribute to the decaying of a society.

In conclusion, it is all babyboomers' fault!

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NLTownie's avatar

Like, no way. That was the establishment that we rebelled against - turned on, tuned in and dropped out to avoid. We became folk singers and feminists, social activists and journalists, rebels with a cause and enthusiastic anti-antidisestablishmentists. But then came the eighties and so many of our fellow anti-war protesters decided to work for Wall Street and it was the age of greed. And we had kids. You can take one baby to a protest but two gets difficult. So blame it all on boomers if it makes you feel good but acknowledge that you kind of like equal pay for work of equal value, the end of the war in VietNam, rights for women and LGBTQ+2Setc, equal marriage rights, the end of segregation, and I could go on. We like to think there was progress on many fronts and now our grandkids are blaming us for offshoring manufacturing when we had no input in that and a lot of other stupid decisions. But donтАЩt worry - weтАЩre dying off and will soon be out of your way. Your welcome.

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knowltok's avatar

I don't like blaming generations for this or that, but I think you may be taking a bit too much credit for some of the above.

Rosa Parks refused to move when the oldest Boomer was 9. The Freedom Rides were when the oldest were just getting into high school.

I'll give you Vietnam and Women's rights, but LGBTQ... well, Ellen didn't exactly get open arms in 1997, Don't ask Don't tell was the best compromise that could be reached in the late 90's, and DOMA was also in the late 90's with a boomer President. Greatest was fading then, but boomers were the biggest chunk of the electorate. We can blame the Silent, they won't make a peep.

Again, I don't get into blaming generations and obviously there are wide swings within generations. People act like the hippies all just changed overnight into Reaganites, but that's generally not what happened. The Okies from Muskogee became Reaganites and the hippies just mellowed a bit into more classical liberals.

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NLTownie's avatar

YouтАЩre right that boomers built on a continuum started many years before. You could go back many decades on feminism as well as civil rights and non-cis rights and pacifism and any of the issues and those battles are still being waged today along with a whole lot more. The children of the sixties didnтАЩt invent dissent. Every generation has its time in the sun. My grandchildren will fight different but related battles. But I do get a little peeved at boomer blaming and wanted to rant for a bit. At least weтАЩre not talking about Kevin.

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Jane in NC's avatar

I wish I could тЭдя╕П this 1,000 times.

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Jane in NC's avatar

Does that may you feel better? Sheesh!

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Kathe Rich's avatar

I don't like being blamed for societal problems I didn't cause. Sorry my post offends you.

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Jane in NC's avatar

I wasn't responding to your post, Kathe. In fact, I agree with you.

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Kathe Rich's avatar

Not this liberal baby boomer. Blame it on Newt et al.

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