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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden is not a Boomer. Just so you know. [View all]brush
(53,771 posts)107. Weren't you the one talking about...ok boomer? BTW i'm nearly 70 and still attend...
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political protests. How is that personal? The bogeyman is repug, anti-environment, pro-business policies not an entire generation.
I expect better from this site for progressives.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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How old were you when you "heard this myth"? Also, the "greatest generation" wasn't...
Hekate
Nov 2019
#52
I don't think the Boomers were supposed to be better than their parents. They were
napi21
Nov 2019
#77
Weren't you the one talking about...ok boomer? BTW i'm nearly 70 and still attend...
brush
Nov 2019
#107
you spent all that time trashing Joe but you didn't bother to read the question he was answering
CreekDog
Nov 2019
#97
Maybe age and health ought to be considered when electing a president, with no idea what
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#8
It does not matter a whit if he's a boomer or not. He's honourable and a Democrat, a good person. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#2
The entire list of 1960s figures was almost empty of boomers, (I know Biden isn't one of those).
braddy
Nov 2019
#5
It always amazes me that people attribute 1960s/1970s entertainment, foreign affairs, government,
braddy
Nov 2019
#29
I find that "ok boomer" expression extremely obnoxious. I was born in 1948, you in 1945....
George II
Nov 2019
#6
I thought it was funny. No biggie. I thought it funny when Booker said Joe must have been high.
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#9
What bothers me about it is that some younger people use it as a derogatory term.
George II
Nov 2019
#11
Ya, whatever. I know thru many conversation with youth, there are times when I tell them
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#14
I thought Booker's quip was rude, immature, and most unpresidential--more in a Trumpian vein than
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#18
Mmm, and I thought it funny, good nature and nothing like vindictive, crude, vulgar, vile Trump.
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#24
Rude and unpresidential, so yes in that way. Manner is important as are a modicum of manners.
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#47
Never heard Biden make a cheap joke at another's expense, one that jabs at an Achilles heel. Castro
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#53
Instead of rebutting, you took a shot at me. Exactly what I see Booker as having done, though
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#57
I did not take a shot at you. You stated Biden doesn't go after the Democratic candidates.
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#59
Calling her an elitist is not a cheap joke or a personally demeaning jab, though it is a
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#61
I don't give a shit if it was a joke. I chuckled at first and then I groaned with how terrible it
GemDigger
Nov 2019
#72
I wouldn't have thought it funny if he asked Joe if he were drunk. Pot is not the point. He got a
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#49
I suggest boomers come right back at the caller with "Dude! You're so AWESOME!" . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#12
my boomer brother and i find the whole thing hilarious. so when we make mistakes on the never
Kurt V.
Nov 2019
#33
Movements that drew their widest participation and came into the main stream because of boomers:
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#79
If a person is being belittled and categorized because of their age, it would be offensive.
Chemisse
Nov 2019
#55
I find it rude & condescending at a minimum and depending on the context, offensive.
MichMan
Nov 2019
#85