[metesky]

Generational animus is stupid and unproductive and smearing an entire generation with a broad brush is something only a simplistic child would do.

Both Klintoon and W are Boomers, the worst and the best.

How does one reconcile a universal slam? 58,000 dead Boomers in Vietnam.

[mongrel]

I'll agree with your point as soon as I see boomers develop as powerful a lobbying group as the AARP to accomplish social security reform.

Instead, boomers are joining in droves, whether they agree with the lobbying or not, to get the benefits.

Social security is the third rail in politics because no significant group of retirees or almost retirees will stand up to the others in the mostly selfish generation.

Painting with a broad brush is helpful in understanding trends. I don't think anyone on here is oversimplifying and saying that all members of a generation are the same. So the simplistic childish response (to use your words, BTW isn't that a form of generational animus?) is to discount larger trends and pretend they don't exist.