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Or readers, you can just say fuck OP's premise and agree that we shouldn't be trying to make enemies of strong allies right now - especially when we have so much existing consensus to continue a full-throated joint fight against.

I hate the idea of answering for my fellow idiots in my age group.

I think "generations" is a useful abstract thought, but it is really only usefully clear in more distant hindsight, and one where the conclusions have little actionable consequences. On the individual level, it is a poorly fitting stereotype.

I'm a hardcore roadie that almost died on a bicycle while commuting full time and riding over 400 miles every week for years. Do I get a say in my generation label and efforts to make change? My supercharged camaro always stayed at home. I didn't have to ride.

Only things I really see are an unwillingness to vote, which is dangerous for democracy and civil rights, being somewhat gullible online / not doing proper research before jumping to conclusions, and still a slight divide in gender roles and expectations. Luckily, all those things are generally fixable.

I'm right on the GenX/millennial cusp, but since I was interested in technology as a kid, I align more with millennials in general.

How we treat transexual people will be our embarrassment. Not everyone, of course, but as a whole, it wasn't something we ever talked about in the 90s, and if we did it was a joke.

We're still learning, and there are many of us who want to be better, and others who will fight it because it makes them uncomfortable.

We'll get there eventually.

How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?

Where do you live where you can enlist at age 18 but don't have the right to vote‽ Not in the USA...

The hypocrisy calling out happens between the young generation and their parents. Millenials are more likely to be the older cousins to Zoomers than parents. Zoomers would be calling out the hypocrisy of Gen X, which would probably look something along the lines of "You spent your youth acting like caring about anything was lame and now mainstream art is just commentary about itself instead of anything sincere."

How come straight people can marry but gay people can't? This has the foundations in religion I believe. It's a strong belief that marriage is between a man and a woman since it's in the Bible I guess?

Millenials seem to be a lot more open to all humans being free to be who they want to be, which means humanity is moving further away from traditional religions ideas about good and bad.

Could be good or bad depending on if there is an actual god behind those religions or not.

I didn't use the word hate. That said, you don't bicker about minor things when the house is actively on fire. Focus, get some bigger wins collectively.

These types of introspective self improvement moments are for the quiet times, we're not in the quiet times - those are a luxury that you earn, maybe. Much better use of our energy today than this.