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In reply to the discussion: I get it---I'm old. One poster recently referred to DU as an "old folks home", or words to that [View all]housecat
(3,121 posts)82. IMO their political affiliation determines this regardless of age. Without activism we can succumb
to fascism at any age. I remember the protests, the candlelight marches, being chased by police on horseback --the usual stuff. I remember it like it was yesterday, and I honor those "boomers" who protested and their friends who died in Nam.
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I get it---I'm old. One poster recently referred to DU as an "old folks home", or words to that [View all]
Atticus
Jan 2023
OP
It's the content for me. I've been a poster on another very long running...
electric_blue68
Jan 2023
#13
My conjecture is that there has been a concerted effort to erase the activist history of boomers
DBoon
Jan 2023
#19
+As in OK Boomer; Die Boomer, Die & worse. Cons have hated the Counter Culture & Mvmts for decades
appalachiablue
Jan 2023
#46
Of course it is personal You planted the seeds, and anyone with a heart is grateful.
housecat
Jan 2023
#85
Good for you and well said. Many people I was around then were also aware
appalachiablue
Jan 2023
#114
IMO their political affiliation determines this regardless of age. Without activism we can succumb
housecat
Jan 2023
#82
Exactly. The young people don't know what it's like to be 70. We know what it is like to be 30
Walleye
Jan 2023
#10
Your point about the age groups when DU started is something I think of as "robust middle age"...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#155
That's exactly what I say when my wife bemoans the fact that we're getting old.
Jedi Guy
Jan 2023
#36
Older people add experience to the conversation. Nuance that younger people do not have.
Caliman73
Jan 2023
#21
We old fossils kept the faith and fought the good fight during some miserable decades
Warpy
Jan 2023
#41
To be fair, us geezers still appreciate the written word as a communications medium. So... DU. n/t
TygrBright
Jan 2023
#43
ugh,, do they still sell prune juice? nastiest stuff ever. Mom kept in the fridge
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 2023
#119
It took a long time to gain the knowledge and "smarts" that we now have, and, thanks to the Internet
colorado_ufo
Jan 2023
#49
Atticus, I started law school at 61 to see if I could do it. Being retired didn't mean that I was
housecat
Jan 2023
#69
Hmm, I didn't insult you in any way, but you return immediately with one toward me.
BlackSkimmer
Jan 2023
#136
It's not so much that old folk are drawn to DU, it's that so many younger folk never leave
Tom Rinaldo
Jan 2023
#116
The DU format gets the job done. It's not very flashy, but is is very functional
Silent3
Jan 2023
#125
Don't see a lot of replacing hubris w/ humilty, especially when the subject is us younger folk
Celerity
Jan 2023
#121
Yes, but those (for which I am extremely grateful) are outnumbered by the negative
Celerity
Jan 2023
#144
My wife and I are still relegated to the childrens table during family gatherings so we can't be old
Brother Buzz
Jan 2023
#131
I think it's only natural for older people with more free time to be here, can't
betsuni
Jan 2023
#134