06-21-2020, 06:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2020, 06:25 PM by Eric the Green.)
The 1943-45 boomers have become more conservative, and so have many 1946-48 boomers. The former are considered to have come of age under Eisenhower, not JFK and LBJ. Many of them always were moderately conservative. Nevertheless, many great boomer leaders, artists, activists and hippie pioneers came from these groups, and from the war baby silents too. They had a bigger impact than older ones now who just vote Republican and attend Trump rallies. So I am fine with the borders as they are defined by S&H, while remembering that it doesn't mean that all members of a group continue all their lives to adhere to the ideals we think might fit their generational type, or approve of.
Just as I disagree with Teejay about the awakening outside the USA dating from 1968 to 1989, just because there was a second summer of love awakening in circa 1989/early 1990s (which happened just as fully in the USA btw). That second wave of awakening was real enough, and indeed I was part of it myself; but it just shows that turning boundaries are fluid and not rigidly stereotyped any more than generations are. Further waves of awakening can emanate from a great awakening, in subsequent turnings and even indefinitely. See my posts about reverberations.
I'm sorry that Anthony and Teejay are mad at me, but they should not be.
Just as I disagree with Teejay about the awakening outside the USA dating from 1968 to 1989, just because there was a second summer of love awakening in circa 1989/early 1990s (which happened just as fully in the USA btw). That second wave of awakening was real enough, and indeed I was part of it myself; but it just shows that turning boundaries are fluid and not rigidly stereotyped any more than generations are. Further waves of awakening can emanate from a great awakening, in subsequent turnings and even indefinitely. See my posts about reverberations.
I'm sorry that Anthony and Teejay are mad at me, but they should not be.