For those who think all the older generation are racist, these guys would be in the older

[raccoon]

generation too, if they were alive today.

[LostinVA]

1. Good for you -- that OP ticked me off

[Donnachaidh]

6. bigots come in all shapes, sizes and shades

Some people need to read up on history. And not *just* what they are teaching in schools nowadays.

[LostinVA]

9. History's the WORST taught class in elementary through high school -- hands down

[salin]

21. I missed the thread/OP to which this is a response.

do i even dare ask what I missed?

[readmoreoften]

2. Yeah, but they were fighting for something and that's bad. In one of those awful protest marches. Ew

Boomers are racist, evil, stupidheads.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I remember these brave souls

they were my heroes.

Sadly, bigotry is something that is taught, and you can find bigots of all ages. Luckily, they are becoming fewer and farther between.

[roguevalley]

12. Their parents asked for them to be buried in the same grave.

[SteppingRazor]

4. I gather from the other posts that you're responding to a moronic thread elsewhere. However...

I will say that I believe that each successive generation grows more tolerant than the last, that we move ever so slowly toward a more equitable society, and that the day will come when racism will be a thing of the past.

In that sense, I suppose you could say that an older generation is "more racist," but I think that's totally missing the point. The point is that each successive generation is less so, and that's something to be proud of, not something to be used to denigrate one's elders.

[Didereaux]

5. yep, these little...

spoiled, ill educated, ill mannered twits running rampant on DU yelling 'Racist' at anyone who questions Obama need their butts tanned. A helluva lot of those despicable 'old people', me included were out on the streets amonst the dogs, bubbas, KKK and other assorted jackboots, fighting like hell for civil rights that didn't exist then. These snively, whiney little mioscreants can only sit snug and safe at home in front of an electronic toy and hurl epithets anonymously! They are a disgrace!

[SteppingRazor]

8. Y'know, ageism's just the flipside of racism.

And I think a lot of those "twits" proved yesterday that they're willing to do more than sit at home in front of an electronic toy and hurl epithets anonymously.

Getting out to vote lacks the danger of facing down fire hoses, of course, but I'm damned proud that, so far, we've seen huge turnout among young people in Iowa and interest among us in other states. Whether or not they voted for your candidate yesterday, the fact that they voted at all is a positive sign.

[Didereaux]

10. The proof will be in November..we 'old' people have seen...

this all before. The young getting all fired up early, and at the first small set back throwing up their hands and quitting declaring "It's all fixed" or "The system sucks!" and so on. When they show up in more than usual numbers come November(when it really counts) then I will pat them on the back and praise them, not untiol then though. How many elections and candidates that the 'Youth' have supported have been found in the ditch because their support failed at the finish line?

[emilyg]

11. Hear!Hear!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Sure.

And so would the people who murdered them. Hell, probably still alive and walking free thanks to juries who would also be the older generation.

[roguevalley]

13. This whole argument is crap, stupid crap. Don't denigrate the

young or the old for the stupid actions of stupid members of each. You could make an argument that Paris Hilton, Poor Britney and Lindsey Lohan are representative of the young and that would be as wrong as blaming all older people for stuff as well. Plenty of grandpas and grandmas walking around have AMAZING stories. My pa used to get up on buses and trains in Portland to give a seat to old men and women who happened to be black and stood off racists at risk of his life. He also helped peasants in Japan during the war escape being harmed by landowners. My mother slapped a friend's face when he made a racist joke when they were at lunch in a restaurant. Don't judge a book by their cover. I think in some cases, what people did then took more balls than now. Until you have faced Jim Crow with only your body, you cannot know.

My parents are my heroes. RIP, Mom and Dad. I hope I have one tenth the guts you had.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. If you're talking about individuals, sure.

If you're talking about broad demographics, there's a clear correlation of racism with age.

[RebelOne]

14. Forgive my ignorance, but who are these guys? I don't have a clue.

[AlCzervik]

15. civil rights workers that were killed by the klan. Mississippi burning.

[OzarkDem]

16. Michael Schwermer, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman

they were killed by the KKK in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Summer - registering blacks to vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Civil_Rights_Workers_Murders

[TahitiNut]

17. The three civil rights workers murdered in 1964 ... aka "Mississsippi Burning"

It happened the same week I LEFT the "Heart of Dixie" and moved back up to Detroit to continue my college education. Yes ... I was keenly aware of this at the time. ("But for the grace of God" and all that.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_worker_murders

[OzarkDem]

18. Don't forget the Freedom Riders

Quite a few of today's old white folks stood up with blacks in the civil rights movement and got thrashed for doing it.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfreedomR.htm

http://www.pulsetc.com/beforejune/V5I38/coverstory.html

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1155026231570016348&q=freedom+riders+civil+rights&total=11&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1155026231570016348&q=freedom+riders+civil+rights&total=11&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4

[roguevalley]

19. my shirttail cousin was a freedom rider and she came from a redneck family

[OzarkDem]

24. Amazing, those people were heroes

That was brutal, absolutely brutal. You must share her story sometime.

[kineneb]

20. not "all"- many of that generation also fought against racism

I saw them as a child, on the TV and in Life magazine, walking peacefully down the streets, simply demanding the same rights for ALL Americans.

Some of us are(just) old enough to remember.

[LanternWaste]

22. How dare you defend the older generation from a sweeping generalization

How dare you defend the older generation from a sweeping generalization. Don't you know we started the fire? Every bad thing that exists in this world exists because of us, and every good thing exists despite us.

We invented racism, slavery, bigotry, sexism, industrial pollutants, disco, hip-hop and bottled water, dammit! It's ALL on our shoulders (or all our fault, depending on what the the current marketing youth trend is today...)!

But todays youth is different (at least in clothing style)! They are the Rosetta Stone to mankind's survival (as soon as they step away from the Play station). They will lead us to the Promised Land (as soon as they get back from this weekend's rave). They are tuned in to It (whenever they're not tuned in to their I-pod).

Today's youth is blameless, are geniuses, and will deliver us-- just like every generation in the past has promised in one way or another (but it's different this time, so stop saying that!)




Yeah-- boomer's seem to be getting a lot of blame for a lot of crap these days. But we gave our parents the same crap as we're getting. And those giving us crap today will be getting it back in time from the youth of tomorrow-- but for the time being, let's allow them the facade of their moral superiority... :)

[Ewellian]

25. ummm...

We invented racism, slavery, bigotry, sexism, industrial pollutants, disco, hip-hop and bottled water, dammit! It's ALL on our shoulders (or all our fault, depending on what the the current marketing youth trend is today...)!

sorry about disco. They've got us on that one.