I know, I know. Many X-ers paint with a pretty broad brush.
However, these sort of discussions ARE very interesting. Demographics are real, and they are a pretty good predictor of behavior. I am a Southern White male, and not very amazingly, I am a republican, protestant and country music fan. Although not ALL southerners fit into these categorizations, the majority do.
As for the irrational hatred - remember - EVERYTHING in life boils down to money or sex. Money: most X-ers believe that boomers plowed through the American economy like locusts, leaving nothing behind. The sex part? I love how Bobcat Goldwait (sp?) put it. He said his son told him, "Because you had sex with EVERYBODY, I can't have sex with ANYBODY!".
i am looking for someone to tell me what i have done, other than just happening to have been born in 1956, to have made life hell on earth for Gen X'ers. i am 48 years old, i pay a crapload of taxes, my husband (born in 1954) and i send our kids to Catholic schools, and have never gotten dime one from the gov't for anything. oh and i was a virgin til age 25, so count me out of the free love crap too. so how have i adversely affected anyone, i am waiting to hear why i am so despised.
my husband and i were born in the NE, born and raised Democrats, but moved to VA and became right wing conservatives shortly after we got married. He is a country music fan as well. so we have more in common with you than our date of birth, again, why a universal hate for babyboomers. liberals i can see, despising, it is a mindset freely chosen. date of birth is really beyond anyone's control.