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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-11 04:14 PM
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29. And if I did, that statement might apply to me.
But I don't.

I wasn't being snarky- I *like* the Grateful Dead. I had over 100 shows under my belt, back in the day.
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  -This Boomer bad vs Boomer Good debate is stereotyping at its stupidest La Lioness Priyanka  Apr-30-11 02:00 PM   #0 
  - Yup, I agree. I really have nothing in common with the boomers born in the  LiberalLoner   Apr-30-11 02:02 PM   #1 
  - "Nothing in common"?  CBHagman   Apr-30-11 02:05 PM   #4 
  - LOL, okay, "few things in common with many of them.." n/t  LiberalLoner   Apr-30-11 02:07 PM   #7 
  - Completely agree.  The Backlash Cometh   Apr-30-11 02:07 PM   #6 
  - I was born in 1962  etherealtruth   May-01-11 07:52 AM   #39 
     - +1  eowyn_of_rohan   May-01-11 08:18 AM   #41 
     - It's because these generational identifiers...  ElboRuum   May-01-11 08:26 AM   #42 
        - What you said ;-)  etherealtruth   May-01-11 08:37 AM   #44 
  - I think it is only human to try and find something or someone to blame  WCGreen   Apr-30-11 02:03 PM   #2 
  - Recommend  xchrom   Apr-30-11 02:04 PM   #3 
  - Mass media tyrants created both the generational stereotype and the red/blue state sterotype. nt  phasma ex machina   Apr-30-11 02:05 PM   #5 
  - +100  Hannah Bell   Apr-30-11 03:00 PM   #23 
  - Yes...  hlthe2b   Apr-30-11 02:09 PM   #8 
  - Grrrrr  graywarrior   Apr-30-11 02:20 PM   #9 
  - i disagree. i dont think baby boomers did or didnt do anything.  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 02:25 PM   #10 
  - I guess you had to be there  graywarrior   Apr-30-11 02:34 PM   #14 
  - but not all boomers are your age. nt  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 02:36 PM   #15 
     - No, not all boomers are old as dirt  graywarrior   Apr-30-11 02:48 PM   #20 
  - But the boomers came of age during a period of tremendous social change  Gormy Cuss   Apr-30-11 03:14 PM   #24 
  - yeah the decade was a typo. though if you insist on awarding a generation  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 03:31 PM   #25 
     - I agree with you on that.  Gormy Cuss   Apr-30-11 05:08 PM   #31 
     - The boomer generation is in large part defined by its activism  eowyn_of_rohan   May-01-11 06:45 AM   #36 
  - The baby boomer era does not cover 4 decades - it covers 2.  eowyn_of_rohan   May-01-11 07:11 AM   #37 
  - Well, I think you're great and right! Good to see you here,  txwhitedove   Apr-30-11 02:30 PM   #11 
     - Agree!  eowyn_of_rohan   May-01-11 07:13 AM   #38 
  - Agree. Generational stereotyping IS stupid.........  socialist_n_TN   Apr-30-11 02:31 PM   #12 
  - we have these threads because the ptb are interested in dividing people.  Hannah Bell   Apr-30-11 02:31 PM   #13 
  - Is it because the boomers sometimes get criticized on DU,  Zorra   Apr-30-11 02:38 PM   #16 
  - Divide and conquer.  murielm99   Apr-30-11 02:40 PM   #17 
  - "more likely to like lady gaga than metallica  Forkboy   Apr-30-11 02:41 PM   #18 
  - ...  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 02:59 PM   #21 
  - Answer...  ElboRuum   Apr-30-11 02:46 PM   #19 
  - well said. nt  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 03:00 PM   #22 
  - If people will stop imagining that all Gen X'ers spent the 80s listening to hair metal  Warren DeMontague   Apr-30-11 03:48 PM   #26 
  - just because other people stereotype doesnt mean you should as well.  La Lioness Priyanka   Apr-30-11 03:49 PM   #27 
     - And if I did, that statement might apply to me.  Warren DeMontague   Apr-30-11 04:14 PM   #29 
  - Recommended. nt  ZombieHorde   Apr-30-11 04:10 PM   #28 
  - You know has someone who really liked Metallica in Middle School and still doesn't like Lady GaGa  Puregonzo1188   Apr-30-11 05:08 PM   #30 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-01-11 02:11 AM   #32 
  - hater?  LaurenG   May-01-11 05:26 AM   #34 
  - See, now here is the funny thing...  ElboRuum   May-01-11 05:56 AM   #35 
  - Do you have any insight into how asinine your post is?  etherealtruth   May-01-11 08:16 AM   #40 
  - i see my post went totally over your head. nt  La Lioness Priyanka   May-01-11 09:29 AM   #45 
  - It's wrong to stereotype people and there's nothing wrong with boomers. Young people just need to  franzia99   May-01-11 02:26 AM   #33 
  - I'm supposedly a "boomer"  WolverineDG   May-01-11 08:35 AM   #43 
 

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