Huh???

[madamesilverspurs]

So I made this silly picture after chatting with a friend who's going back to school after many years. I shared it in GD and damned if it didn't get turned into a snipefest on baby boomers. And it really was just done in fun, kind of a "the more things change, the more they stay the same" kind of thing. Maybe I should have posted it in the lounge to begin with, eh?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I saw that when you posted it and thought it was cute...

Turned into a big fight, did it?

[rug]

2. They're just mad because they missed the 60s.

[madinmaryland]

13. I'm "mad" and just checking in.

[rug]

15. But you're no longer from Maryland

I bet you're not mad either.

[pinboy3niner]

3. We just need to go back to school to unlearn all that bad Reagan shit

That was a neat graphic!

[LiberalElite]

10. Of course s/he knows it was bad -

they read about it here from us.

They're on my recently expanded Ignore list now.

[mackerel]

4. That is brilliant!!!!!!! Let me guess John Boy got butt hurt over it? LOL

[CBGLuthier]

5. Well, to be fair it is mostly one DUer who insists on insulting entire generations

I think it is a great image and I will not say what I think about the drip that turned it into a condemnation of everyone born before 1965.

[pinboy3niner]

6. I hear you!

I chose to engage him politely and actually got a good result.

[CBGLuthier]

7. I didn't and will probably suffer for it.

I hate people who make generalizations and point fingers of scornful blame.

[pinboy3niner]

8. The broadbrushing was the real problem

Especially with such a huge and diverse generation, as I tried to point out.

[LiberalElite]

9. The ageism here is deep in some quarters -

It doesn't take much to bring it out.
People say DU doesn't reflect the larger society out there but in some ways, uh yeah it does. IMHO of course.

[pinboy3niner]

11. At least this is one place where that shit gets pushback

Whether it's negative crap about boomers or about millenials, unfair broadbrushihg will be called out.

[NV Whino]

12. Personally, I love it.

[BlueJazz]

14. I'm surprised somebody didn't come up with "You can't make fun of Native Americans on DU"

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. The (paper) tablets are still on the market ..

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Chief-Writing-Primary-Western/dp/B0094IV3DC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1440613958&sr=8-5&keywords=big+chief+tablet

... I wonder if they'd be allowed in today's classrooms.