[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

We Freeped the antiwar crowd last weekend. Besides the usual spoiled, middleclass white college kids eager to appear to be capable of something (of what I'm not sure) there were the usual boomer hippy-types.

One aged boomer/hippy wanted to debate endlessly with me. After a few minutes he said, "Why don't you want to hear the other side?"

I said, "Hey man, I was raised by hippy liberals and I hear your side every Thanksgiving and I don't agree!"

It became clear to me that there is this contingent of liberal boomer clearly facing an ugly crisis. They feel useless and old and fearful of their march toward another phase in life. They are willing to join communists and socialisits in an effort to recapture a time in their lives in which they felt useful and empowered.

[weegee]

It became clear to me that there is this contingent of liberal boomer clearly facing an ugly crisis. They feel useless and old and fearful of their march toward another phase in life. They are willing to join communists and socialisits in an effort to recapture a time in their lives in which they felt useful and empowered.

Hey they haven't seen many of those communists in 30 years; it's a longtime homecoming, that's all.