General Discussion

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

60. I am a baby boomer. I agree with the premise of the OP.

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 03:38 PM

Mar 2018

I think rights for minorities and women's rights scared a lot of boomers, suddenly they had to truly compete for jobs and titles against people who society had long made non factors.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

65 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How the baby boomers not millennials screwed America [View all] FarCenter Mar 2018 OP

Being a certified Boomer-- I agree. Our parents told us of sacrifice during... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #1

They invested $ and serious community involvement to build SharonAnn Mar 2018 #31

Unneeded divisiveness. marybourg Mar 2018 #2

But that is the point of billh58 Mar 2018 #8

Aw. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #3

lol - Solid. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #14

Winner! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2018 #24

Ageism Sucks! MineralMan Mar 2018 #4

Correction "Republican" baby boomers. honest.abe Mar 2018 #5

Exactly right. Boomers have been and still are split down the middle ideologically. The... brush Mar 2018 #18

Yes, the Silent Generation is right wing Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #22

I was referring to the right wing half of the baby boomer generation...boomers were born 1946-'64. brush Mar 2018 #33

So every baby boomer born in those years is right wing...no that is not true. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #41

Read both of my posts again, but drink your coffee first. You're missing stuff. brush Mar 2018 #47

I read your posts...and what a nasty crack... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #48

Sorry, but I think you missed the point of my posts, which was that the baby boomer generation... brush Mar 2018 #62

your posts were very clear - I understood (and agreed) first time through DrDan Mar 2018 #59

Thank you. I think they're pretty clear also. brush Mar 2018 #63

There are many members of the "silent" generation marybourg Mar 2018 #53

Again with this shit? SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #6

You Beat Me To It ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #9

boxes, and generalizations....YUCK. Not helpful. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #7

Another young rich venture capitalist heard from. hack89 Mar 2018 #10

My father, who was a member of "The Greatest Generation", DURHAM D Mar 2018 #11

I would tend to agree about "The Greatest Generation" FarCenter Mar 2018 #27

Yes, that generation did ride the gravy train. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #35

From the DU Terms of Service: MineralMan Mar 2018 #12

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #23

Amen. Boomers were civil rights activists, music prophets, nolabear Mar 2018 #44

Blah blah fucking blah. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #13

Yep. Never trust anyone over 30. Remember? Eyeball_Kid Mar 2018 #20

Stupid ass article . The split is race, not generation JI7 Mar 2018 #15

The split is class far more than race or age Amishman Mar 2018 #40

How The People Pitting Millennials Against Baby Boomers Are Screwing America. Iggo Mar 2018 #16

"How The People Pitting Millennials Against Baby Boomers Are Screwing America" Wwcd Mar 2018 #57

This isn't helpful MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #17

The Baby Boomers Or The Repugs?..... global1 Mar 2018 #19

generational bashing is divisive and serves no purpose Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2018 #21

This MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #30

One could also ask BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #46

I am forced to ask the question; Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2018 #49

He won by landslides both times he ran BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #56

Here is a breakdown by age bracket of who voted for whom Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2018 #64

*sigh* Texasgal Mar 2018 #25

Lol. Tipperary Mar 2018 #26

Being a late-ish boomer, female, 1st generation American Fresh_Start Mar 2018 #28

The older generation always bears the blame... vi5 Mar 2018 #29

Everything would be better if we simply went back to the 1940's and '50s... kentuck Mar 2018 #32

The millenials still have time to screw things up worse. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #34

And that's the reality of it. Iggo Mar 2018 #45

Blaming generations isn't the way to go here. PatrickforO Mar 2018 #36

Probably one of the dumbest things I've read on DU. Talk about generalization. denverbill Mar 2018 #37

Which ones are the millennials, again? HeartachesNhangovers Mar 2018 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author shanti Mar 2018 #39

We Didn't Start the Fire peggysue2 Mar 2018 #42

Don't ever change, FarCenter. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #43

Actually I think the generation that has the most promise is not Boomers or Millennials crazycatlady Mar 2018 #50

"Everyone"? I never bashed millennials. marybourg Mar 2018 #51

REPOST: No generation since the great depression knows what real economic suffering is. Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #52

Generations don't know what real economic suffering is, but many families and individuals braddy Mar 2018 #61

The Millennials have not had time to screw up much of anything. MineralMan Mar 2018 #54

As a Baby Boomer, and mother of a milennial cilla4progress Mar 2018 #55

This article blows its credibility from the first sentence. EVERYONE likes to bash millennials? DFW Mar 2018 #58

I am a baby boomer. I agree with the premise of the OP. Blue_true Mar 2018 #60

Republican boomers who brought in Reagan marlakay Mar 2018 #65