Why do some people feel the need to insult my generation at every turn? I'm SICK of it.

[Danger Mouse]

    I've seen an awful lot of nasty attacks against my generation by people on this forum lately. Whether it's snarky references to us being 'Obamababies' 'I-pod kids' 'Kool aid drinkers' or 'cult members'...or even better, the new, even sleazier attack 'the worst generation,' it seems that some of the most hostile and bitter posters can't help but smear us at every turn.
     I'm 26 years old, relatively new to the poltical process, but a passionate supporter of the obligation of every American to dissent and to make their voice heard through the vote. It's no secret that there's been a lot of apathy among my peers about the political process. It's been tough...my first time voting in a presidential election was in 2000, and we all know how THAT turned out.
     It's discouraging, and even more discouraging when i see people my age who just don't seem to care, who don't seem to feel like it matters if they get involved or not.
     Now we have someone who is tapping into the passions of the youthful voters, and giving them something to BELIEVE in. Agree with what he stands for or not, he is getting out the youth vote by bringing them hope and telling them that THEY, TOO can have a voice, that THEY, TOO can be a part of change. Normally, all we ever hear is shut up and sit down and do as we're told. I guess you don't matter till you hit a certain age.
     Recent posts on DU have confirmed that. I'm AMAZED at the hostility towards young voters. AMAZED AND SICKENED by it. We are the future of this country, and the generation coming up now, the next group of future voters. You'd think we'd want to include them, to educate them, to welcome them into the process. We get mocked for our enthusiasm, spit on for our embracing of hope, laughed at for our ideals. It's only a small minority of posters from an otherwise good group of people. But it still stings.
     I want to believe that America can be better, that we can be passionate again, that we can move our country forward, and make something happen. I DON'T want to be mocked, spit on, laughed at for it...by my fellow Democrats. I get enough of that from the pukes.
     The most bitter pill of all is that now Hillary Clinton herself has joined in the mocking. That burns me up, and it wounds me. Behavior like this does NOT tell me that she wants the younth vote...it tells me quite the opposite. I'm sick of being marganalized, again and again, because of my age. We are not children to be ridiculed...we are citizens of this country, we are voters, and we MATTER, dammit.
     I may be young, but I COUNT, I will be HEARD, and I will NOT shut up, sit down, and do as I am told!