X'ers love to whine.
LOL!! Did anyone else read this as playing sex?!
The two Clintons produced one child. That is the legacy of the Boomers...the depopulation of the Western world. That selfishness will be the downfall of the civilization.
"That has all changed, and these changes didn't happen on their own. They didn't happen because Samantha on Bewitched wiggled her nose. They happened because people made them happen - in their homes, communities, schools, workplaces, institutions, media."
NO NO NO! Sheesh how many times are boomer apologists going to attempt to whitewash their moral vacuity by trying to connect to the Civil Rights movements?? Once again as Roger Kimball pointed out in "The Long March" the Civil Rights movements were forwarded by the religious and the - gasp - middle aged, such as MLK Jr, which the left wing yippies and student groups despised. They hated the idea of peace marches and non violent resistance. Their cup of tea was the violent Black Panthers and Malcom X.
In short, to join the boomers with what WAS virtuous during the 1960's is inappropriate and wrong. The boomers championed then, and still do, those who have only caused much harm to this country.
The fact that the boomers saw something on television does NOT mean they were responsible for it. OTOH, the "greatest generation" tended much more towards socialism than most conservatives wish to believe. They knew what Roosevelt was doing with Social Security, the WPA, the National Recovery Act and all his other programs.
Barry Goldwater got thoroughly waxed running on a limited government platform. He was splattered by Lyndon Johnson, who was a pioneer in creating government programs to help the "poor" and looting them for personal gain. It was the "greatest generation" that supported Roosevelt and Johnson.
The boomers were responsible for electing Ronald Reagan, and in Britain, Thatcher.
"My parents' generation lived in the Depression; they ate sparsely and recreated spartanly. But the Boomers think they should be given everything on a platter."
Gee, how does this square with the fact that Americans are taking fewer vacations than ever. Truth be told, most Boomers are workaholics.
The real tragedy brought about by "GG" and the boomers is the so-called "anti-racism" campaign and the growth of internationalism. However fine these things sound in theory the only practical result of trying to put them into practice is the extermination of your own nation and culture. Western nations won't have to worry about rampant consumerism, vacations, and big houses much longer.
I've always had a problem with this. As someone who was born in 1963, I've never considered myself part of the Boomer Generation.
(Relax, Boomers, you're ok in book, it's just that I don't really feel like I'm part of that generation.
Not enough bolshevism!
Typical....
Bush is a month or so older than Clinton, so he's a boomer too.
This is the UK. The "Baby Boom" happened in the US.
Yes. But they just fanned the flames started by the post-WWII crowd.
And by challenging old-fashioned moralism, did they inadvertently nurture a climate of promiscuity - even fuelling the spread of STDs?
Yes. And the rise in HIV, abortions being as easy to obtain as blowing your nose, easy divorces, FemiGnatzie-ism, utter disregard for the Traditional Family and the promotion of sexual deviancies now accepted as "normal" and subsidized by our tax dollars.
I was born in 1960 and I have always lived my life very differntly from other Boomers my age. It makes me CRINGE to be lumped in with this group because while we did so many positive things, I think the negative impact we've had on society has been a disastrous trade-off. And to be lumped in with Clinton is the frosting on the cake. Gag.
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I don't know what "mod cons" means but as for the rest- Bull.