Baby Boomers Owe Young People an Apology--Conceits of the Horrid Generation

Frontpagemagazine ^ | 12-17-07

[BlabItGrabIt]

With all due respect the problems cited were due to socialist control of all media and the school system by a conspiracy that never a theory.

The socialist/picko, like the Clintons for example, are the ones who should be remiss over their beliefs and hunger for power.

[Kozak]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing. MOST of us have worked hard our entire lives. MIllIONS of us volunteered to serve in the military in Vietnam AND after, who do you think it was who manned the defenses that brought down the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Who do you think fought Desert Storm? Who do you think LEADS the current military? WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled bothe Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security).

Sorry but I have NOTHING TO APPOLOGIZE FOR.

[Kozak]

Or APOLOGIZE for either. Deep breath.

[SJackson]

I kind of feel that way too.

[wtc911]

To all you whining freeper gen-xers...

This 'boomer' owes you squat.

[gramho12]

Oh, please! Lumping all of us into the "Make Love, Not war" group is preposterous. Most of us did not protest, burn our bras, or spit at troops. Most of us were going to college, getting married, working hard, taking care of our aging parents and kids...

We also made a pathway for women to work in jobs other than secretary or teacher, even though many of us started in those positions and had to work like hell to move into professional jobs in the business world.

The worst thing we did was to spoil our kids even worse than our parents, since we end up with whiners like this who take their opportunities for granted since their expectations are now higher because of us.

Lose the attitude and make changes if you want a different world. And remember that the "other" baby boomers did not have the new media to present their views.

[Sue Perkick]

They named the wrong people “baby”.

[LZ_Bayonet]

"WE didn’t put in place the “Great Society” or Medicaid. WE didn’t put the judges on the Supreme Court that decided “Rowe”. WE weren’t the ones in Power in DC that bungled both Korea and Vietnam. We weren’t the ones who broke the piggy bank that was the “Greatest Generation” (Welfare, Medicare and Social Security)."

Maybe not, but we knew these problems existed, and, when our turn came, we did not fix them for our children. In fact, in many cases listed above, we only made them worse.

[Route797]

Conservatives are supposed to value the individual and reject collectivism, yet so many fall for this line that people are to be classified according to their birthdate. There are good and bad in every so called generation, and collective guilt is no more a valid concept than are other forms of collectivism.

[silentreignofheroes]

Get a Job...,,

[YellowRoseofTx]

I am sick and tired of the Boomer bashing.

I have NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.

I totally agree with you

[KC Burke]

I read this as a rhetorical method to point up the generational changes without placing blame for the current failings on the younger.
By couching it this way it tells them what they can change and filter for their kids.
My kids filter the media their kids see relentlessly. Others might if they absorb this sort of broad view.

[Moonman62]

All this focus on generations is a lazy and prejudicial way of looking at things.

[Thrownatbirth]

It was the boomers who took down the Soviet empire, kids.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yes, but the boomers that made their “Long March” up into the control of academia and government bureaucracies have done a fine job screwing things up.

The rest of us were too busy working and doing what we thought right.

[cll]

The question is, why did the Greatest Generation spoil their kids so badly? - PING!

[Moonman62]

Most of us did not protest, burn our bras, or spit at troops. Most of us were going to college, getting married, working hard, taking care of our aging parents and kids...

But you didn't get any attention from the media class like the hippies, which must mean you didn't exist.

[metesky]

Assigning generational guilt is the sign of a lazy thinker, Prager, and makes you look the fool.

[Wolfie]

We knew the problems existed, but the WWII generation wouldn’t let us fix them.