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Boomers were out protesting against the direction the world was headed in decades before you were born. But because the internet told you they all voted for Reagan and Trump you think it's okay to treat them all collectively as the cause of all your problems.
I've been relatively diplomatic in my replies to this thread so far, trying to get people to realize that there are individuals who fall under the "boomer" label that don't fit with your mental image of money-grubbing conservatives who bled the planet dry for their own profit, despite the article itself pointing out the poverty many boomers are facing or the history of progressive social progress and protest among the boomer generation. But I'm exhausted, so you can either find the brain power to recognize that these are people, not a collective, or go fuck yourself because you're an absolute imbecile.
I applaud you fighting back against the hive mind. I have been working on it as well when I have the energy to engage. Thanks for making this point.
Agreed. Blaming boomers for all our ills is the same as blaming all refugees for taking out jobs. Stupid, untrue, but believed by many.
Go to bed boomer.
I'm a millennial but nice try. Y'see, some people don't need to be a part of a group to feel empathy for them. You're just an angry person who has chosen your scapegoat to blame everything on and can't handle anyone poking holes in your reductionist world view.
In fact, you sound an awful lot like a bigoted conservative.
Ok boomer.
Aw, little troll ran out of gas. Go have a nap and your binky and maybe you'll be less cranky when you wake up from shitting your pants.
Imagine writing that comment while accusing someone else of being a troll.
Imagine thinking you know what the word "troll" means.