Gavin McInnis on Baby Boomers

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(05-21-2016, 02:04 PM)taramarie Wrote: You know, even though a person from that generation (Mark Bauerlein) called my generation "The Dumbest Generation" in his book a few years back, I really feel sorry for them for all the finger pointing and the blame game. I really distrust blame games. It does nothing. Focusing on what they have done wrong and ways to fix it, oh yes. But to go round blaming an entire generation...that is every single baby boomer...that is bullshit and ignorant. It would be the elites which would most likely be part of that generation. Blame the ones in power, not an entire generation. You cannot blame all for the actions of the few. When someone uses the term baby boomer they are lumping them all into that group to blame. I know some have a chip on their shoulder regarding baby boomers and it has been discussed why but get over it. This is reality and you can either sit there with your thumbs up your ass whining about how terrible boomers are and how they have farked up our future or you can band with my generation who is also panting for a revolution and figure out ways to fix what they have messed up.  Which will it be?

Since I'm not going to attempt to untoss your word salad let me say this.

Everything he's said about what boomers have done, was done by enough of them to make it a clear and distinct pattern. This is how "generaliztions" work. That you can find an exception to the generalization does not invalidate the generalization.

As for that revolution, I've seen what it appears Millenials have planned and if it is the Social Justice Utopia that is supposed to come I have absolutely no interest. I honestly don't think that our society can be fixed, we need to burn down everything that's been constructed since WW2 except those things built by the GIs we want to keep and start over from scratch.

I'm not the only Xer who has come to that conclusion.