Given some of the video I have seen of Boomers at the "No Kings" protests perhaps Trump Derangement Syndrome should be reclassified as a dementia. Certain environmental toxins are now known to have tragic consequences on people's brains; it seems that a lifetime of voting Democrat should be added to the list.
I lived in a 55+ community for a year and these libbie seniors are some of the nastiest people around. The next 5years should cull this herd naturally.
My granddaughter took a sociology course taught be a leftist in high school and when asked her what she learned she said, "I've concluded those that preach tolerance are the most intolerant of all."
I believe it was Thomas Sowell who said, “If the left supports diversity and inclusion, why do faculty in Sociology Departments across the U.S. self-identify over 95% as liberal?”
absolutely true! I have my Master's in Social Work. And I was one of 2 in my class who was a known Republican. I was born w/ a hearing impairment, but in those days hearing aids were of no help, so I self-taught myself to lip read. I positioned myself in class so I could see the instructor the best I could & watch closely to "hear" the best I could. I was at a party & that instructor's son was there & he said his mom was joking about students who tried to get 'on the good side' by sitting close & watching closely.
Another instructor gave me C's. I don't think I deserved C's, but never said a word. Her favorite student always came in at least 10 minutes late & the instructor stopped class & brought her up to date on what she missed. That student always rec'd A's. That instructor gave a party; I went, & started wandering around, looking at some art; I dabbled in art & there was some good art on the walls. Another woman I didn't know approached me, we started talking, found out she was the artist, & lived there, w/ the instructor - they were a couple/gay. The instructor popped her head in & saw us talking at one point. Not a problem. I had a great evening. I got the highest marks in the class for the rest of the year.
I was a good Physics undergrad. 4.0 in Math/Science and outside that, two B's and one C. The C was from an activist lib professor who gave A's to those who "thought like him." Quality was not what he looked for. Just lib ideas. Well, my essays were not lib at all. Quite the contrary. He acted like he liked me for "speaking my mind." but it was obvious he "my mind" was not pleading to him. -- It was either cow-tow his opinion or get a bad grade. I opted to stick to my own views and take the C. Libs in action. 🤷♂️
The leftist mentality is that the "state" knows what's best so you couldn't possibly be capable of making decisions for yourself. Hollyweird is the biggest offender of all. They make tons of violent, sexually explicit movies, slam Judeo-christian values and then blame conservatives for the rot they initiate. They push policies that really promote illiteracy, dumb society down and appeal to ppls lower nature. That is the mission of the DOE and it has been partially successful. There may be time to course-correct but that window is closing fast. The capture of education has been the game plan but if derailed now the next generation may have a chance to return to excellence and true progress. The kind of progress these lefty grifters are pushing is more regressive in the broader sense and long run.
I have noticed that too...old dear friends from the 70s have said to me "I can't believe that the Pete I knew 50 years ago would support these *&^%&^%'s". And the culling you mention will be selective. Being in a state of anger & indignation can't help longevity.
Hahahahaha! Too true. They just won't pay ANY attention to anything but ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. But if you'll notice, CNN is occasionally leaning just a little right. Or they'll disappear. Elon has threatened to buy them out!!
I live in a very large retirement community and the people are overwhelmingly friendly.
I am on the Political Interest Committee and we have equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats and work together very well. We interview all of the local and statewide candidates and post their interviews for all the residents to see.
Doctors are finding that the spike protein from the C-vax infiltrates the brain in a dose-dependent manner. (cf Dr. Peter McCullough) The more shots & boosters, the higher the levels. Once there, 'ol spike can cause 84 different adverse conditions, including dementia, stroke, behavioral changes (i.e. aggression, suicide ideation), and even hallucinations.
Since over 70% of us got the clot shot, most multiple times, it makes sense that people are acting differently now than they did 5 years ago. And it's only going to get worse.
Every time I see something about the vax I am happier that I refused it.
I doubt that it has much to do with the protests, people like that have been around forever and our 'education system' has promoted this sort of idiocy for the last 40 years or more, the I'm a victim, everybody else is racist, whites are oppressors, etcetera fantasies that allow the scammers to gain more power have been poured into society by the leftist politicians, the media, Hollywood and our schools. That is what I believe is making it worse.
That, and the prevalence of social media. We haven't yet reckoned with how that affects people's brains, especially the girls and young women who dominate the genre.
Well they have ascertained that scrolling through short videos like TikTok causes short bursts of dopamine to be released. That in itself explains that it's actually addictive and the dominant theme is in keeping with the far left narrative. Couple that and you have the majority of the planet captive to a specific ideological agenda.
I don't doubt that the Covid maxxine has terrible side effects, but I don't see those effects explaining what we see in these protests. Retarded protests like what we saw last weekend have existed long before the Covid maxxine. Unless previous retarded protests were the product of earlier maxxines, I think we should look for a more proximate cause, most likely social or psychological in nature.
But the covid vaccine has had catastrophic effects for far too many ppl. A report came out just a few days ago that the mRNA type shots are damaging women's eggs and causing miscarriages. I hope the Davos crowd is happy..(NOT)
I got two Covid shots in 2021 and since then I have become four years older. If I had known that this was one of the side effects of Covid vaccination I would never have gotten the shot!
I got the first two. In '21. Since then, I have little memory, mini strokes and my peripheral Neuropathy has progressed at such a rate that I've been in a wheelchair for two years. Thanks, you miserable hoax, Fauci.
You might want to check out Dr. Peter Mc Cullough and his Wellness Company. He has developed substances that can help counteract the spike proteins from the vaccine. He used to be a cardiologist at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas until they dropped him for challenging their sacred doctrine of the efficacy of mRNA “vaccines”.
I didn't get a single one. I thought all of it was suspect and certainly convenient for disrupting the possibility of a second Trump term. After all they did, the lengths gone to, to destroy his presidency I wouldn't have been surprised if the whole thing was just some psy-op, sleight of hand tactic. Plan Z? I dunno but I didn't trust it. The more I learned the more questions I had. From the first few weeks of vaccine availability, there were a suspiciously high number of severe adverse events, including deaths. Death didn't seem as scary as the neurological destruction that left ppl paralyzed. When I learned that Covid 19 wasn't even "novel" because the powers that be knew exactly what it was I figured everything about it was some kind of set-up. They were way too quick to silence any dissenters, even those who were considered reliable, professional members of the scientific community. It's not like it was hard to find out some of the telling evidence. All one had to do is search a couple of the right names and listen to the chatter. No, ppl who just bought the narrative unquestionably just didn't want to know. I don't think Fauci should have been given a pass and in light of how the "pardons" were autosigned and Joe was so out of it I think it's reasonable to question their validity at least.
No. My fellow Baby Boomers who are Leftists started down that road in the 60s & 70s with all the drugs they took. The worst were the acid heads who were always prostelatizing on how LSD expands your mind, while I observed they were losing it. If Fentanyl was available then there would be fewer of us here today, which may have been a good thing since there would be fewer rioters today.
It’s the drugs they took in the 60s & 70s. I was there to see it. Add to that the Marxist Communist teachers who emanated from the five Jewish Communists from the Frankfurt Group who landed at Columbia University in 1935 to avoid Hitler, then spread to the other Poison Ivy League schools and you have a perfect storm leading to now.
It's borderline psychotic. But a few I know have been taken captive by the lefty narrative for decades now. They can't see it at all. Look Trump isn't a messiah but he does stand in the way of the leftist takeover/down of western society and that's good enough for me.
I can't say I understand what this has to do with my original point, gramps. I am a Boomer too. My observation was not broadly about Boomers, this is about a small subset of them who for reasons I cannot fathom have gone absolutely foaming at the mouth about Trump.
Seriously for a second, I was born in 1953 which puts me smack dab in the middle of the baby boom. I read your point of identity politics is not to assume because of what we, as Boomers, share (popular culture, schooling, the repeated crushing of idealism in waves) that we think alike. Certainly that is not true, although the prevailing current for our generation was to become progressive/liberal/hippy/commie, and to become conservative/libertarian was either a product of living in away from the coasts or willful contrarianism. I fit into the latter category, but my Dad used to waggle his finger at me and my brothers when we were little and tell us "Remember boys, the government is our enemy". But my original intent of the comment was, as a Baby Boomer, to point out my observation some of those of my generation who did go along with the flow have, on occasion, turned out in their old age particularly nasty, inflexible and hateful for the other side (both Trump & vaccines). Sadly it sometimes trumps friendships that go back 50 years. And I can't figure out why, as they never used to be that way. Sometimes they are retired from careers in public service or academia, or have a hypertrophied deference to authority.
I called it wrong,got you all wrong. Please accept my apologies. I had a long response, and I lost it because of this crummy app. I'll get back to you.
I suggest you read Sowell's “A Conflict of Visions”, if you haven't. It's an epistemological problem. In order to be progressive, you have to abandon logic, facts and reason. What is moral is determined by who does something. What is true is determined by who says something. What is of value is what benefits The Tribe.
Tribe members enjoy unlimited support, until their actions denigrate the Tribe, then they're instantaneously “thrown under the bus”, (e.g. Rod Blagojevich, whom Trump pardoned, BTW).
Progressives, have what Sowell calls Unconstrained vision, (vision=a pre-conscious, epistemological filter).They believe that the world is perfectable.
The founders were all constrained vision. We believe there are no solutions, only trade-offs, (Those with Unconstrained Vision, I'm obviously not a Founder, LOL).
Most importantly, the truly wacko, progressives have crossed the same rubicon, as all tyrants, to otherize people,to dehumanize people.
They believe that the other side is truly inferior and evil, thus ANY means are justified by the ends.
I am a great admirer of Thomas Sowell, but have not read "Conflict", I think I will enjoy it and ordered it from Amazon. What we were talking about was something beyond othering, this disgust sufferers of TDS have for him & us. There was that widely shown video of the whimpering old guy beating the Trump doll against the counter, exactly like a hysteric killing a roach. Or my old college friend (mentioned above) who, among other things, posting a meme of Trump as pope with a mitre made of poop. The association of the other tribe with vermin or excrement is not only pre-conscious it is lower brain. Just like the Nazi's did so effectively in their propaganda. Thanks for the tip.
Two weeks ago I may have disagreed with you. In the meanwhile, I'vehad a conversation with what seemed to be a sincere but misguided young woman who had a epistemological blind spot for people like you and me, whom her god, (society and government), had condemned to damnation as irredeemably evil.
How many thousands, (millions?), live in insensate, lizard brain, mortal fear because the man they've been convinced is Satan himself is in charge?
Two weeks ago I may have disagreed with you. In the meanwhile, I'vehad a conversation with what seemed to be a sincere but misguided young woman who had a epistemological blind spot for people like you and me, whom her god, (society and government), had condemned to damnation as irredeemably evil.
How many thousands, (millions?), live in insensate, lizard brain, mortal fear because the man they've been convinced is Satan himself is in charge?
I agree Chris. I was eleven in 1968. Just a kid but I found all the riots, protests, hippie mentality/ Woodstock, drugs appalling. I especially hated the communist ideology. As seniors they are just pathetic.
Deidre K, you and I are are of the same mind. I was twelve in 1968 and I too found the whole era to be a miserable experience. Later, in 1980, because of the rampant anti-Americanism of my slightly older peers, I broke ranks with my solidly and generationally democrat family when I voted for Reagan and I have never looked back. In the same vein, contrary to the boomer caricature, I smoked marijuana once as an adult at a wedding reception and I never did it again and harder drugs were never even considered by me. Lumping all of us together, monolithically, as "boomers," as if we all have the same habits and attitudes, is not just wrong, it is offensive...The boomers will be remembered as America's Most Selfish Generation, ironically, they are the sons and daughters of America's Greatest Generation.
I'm the same age as you and Diedre, born in '56. I and my friends were not card-burners. We did plenty of naughty stuff- smoking weed, drinking too much alcohol, staying up all night when we should have been studying. I'm still good friends with a lot of them. We are all citizens in good standing today. I'm probably the most right-wing of them, but the rest aren't far behind me. We all voted for Trump.
Me personally, I'm on board with most of his agenda. with the exception of out-of-control government spending. I'm fearful lenders are going to stop lending to our government, Trump will get a black eye, and Democrats will find a path to return to power. If they do we're screwed.
The Federal Reserve is the lender, no need to worry, they will keep the printing presses going - it isn't the lender we need to be concerned about, it is servicing the debt. At this rate, not too long from now, all the taxes they collect will not be enough to pay it back. Then the country collapses.
That's the scary version. I tried to explain to my daughter that charity is good until you realize you gave away the family farm. Giving responsibly means sharing what you have AFTER taking care of your obligations and not keeping giving to those who intercept aid for those in need, thats called throwing good money after bad.
Yeah, I don't know ... the sense of entitlement just seems to increase every generation. True hardship that generates resolve just isn't common anymore.
Gary…as a Boomer by definition of birth year, I don't believe I have any entitlement to greater largess from our govt. BEYOND the benefits of those programs I was compelled by law to pay into.
One caveat, I retired from the military and receive medical care based on that service time. Most of us that served long enough to retire feel we “paid” for this benefit.
When Congress stops increasing entitlements, some of the damage will be slowed. Your limiting yourself to holding responsible the people asking for more, rather than the people offering more.
You're correct. There's significant culpability on both sides. I do have little to no respect for ppl who falsely claim a disability in order to get benefits as well as derelict social workers who approve benefits for those who are clearly not fully disabled out of some personal sense of obligation or desire to provide assistance in every case. Sometimes it's to a person's detriment to give them a handout. At one time, the system of welfare had a built-in disincentive for recipients to seek work. You either didn't have an income or got nothing. Bill Clinton's admin. brought more common sense to this dilemma by overhauling benefits in a graduated manner. Ppl could still receive limited benefits, like Medicaid or food stamps even if there was some form of income if that income was insufficient to cover such basics, especially for ppl with dependents. I really have no problem with public assistance for those in need. One caveat was that ppl receiving public assistance would lose all benefits if they were found to be using illegal drugs. That's a rational condition IMHO.
I think veterans deserve more than they get, even if they didn't serve in active combat. So thank you for your service.
I agree that the sixties generation imparted some dopey ideas about societal conduct; like sex and drugs and rock-n-roll. On the other hand, I question whether their parents were really “the greatest generation.” The so-called greatest generation ushered-in the welfare state and degenerate things like Playboy and Playgirl.
Hugh Heffner introduced rampant sex, along with the pill and Lyndon Johnson, the most corrupt president of all time, ushered in the welfare state all by himself to re-enslave the black population.
Good point. I am a boomer and very much got lost in the world of hedonistic pop culture of the 70's & 80's. Yet I never didn't work at something. Eventually I found a path to Yeshua and today am a born again believer.
I’m with you on this Rare Earth, (from the band of the same name of the 60’s?).
I am circa 1955, our conversions to conservatives sound very much the same.
if someone refers to me as a Boomer due to the demographic age cohort that I’m included in, thats fair enough, but if it used as a pejorative because I look like I fit in that age group and that somehow makes me x, x, and/or x, that person automatically loses any respect and reciprocity I may otherwise offer.
For those of that ilk…please consider this Boomer advice; just because you have a man bun, that doesn't make you a man. But Im ready to assume your are one, until you prove your not.
1956 here. While technically a "Boomer," I'm also "Generation Jones." First came across that term a few years ago. I think it explains much, referring to those born in the later stages of the "Boomer" generation and their very different experiences (and so outlooks).
The quintessential "Boomers" came of age (high school / college) in the 1950's and early 1960's. The era of optimism and widely distributed rising prosperity. That (arguably) came to an end with the JFK assassination and the end of "The New Frontier" - and the societal temper tantrum that the quintessential Boomers then engaged in.
Conversely, we in Generation Jones came of age in the Vietnam defeat, Watergate, inflation, gas crises and Iran hostages era. Hence, our view of government and economics (and the economic opportunities, or lack thereof) were shaped very, very differently. (And, I would argue, more realistically.)
Tom W…an interesting premise that seems correct. my older brother was born during WWII, me in ‘55. our view of politics could hardly be more different. he is the very definition of an old hippie that “dropped out” in the early 70’s
My dad was born in 1918, my grandfather in the century before. my formative years were enriched beyond estimable value by their mentoring. I feel sorry that so much of what I learned that shaped my young life is unknown or deemed of no use by younger people.
I am ‘64, my mom was ‘29, and my dad ‘23; but all my grands were late 1800’s and were all gone by the time I was 13. Lost one great uncle in WW1. One went when my mom was 12. Learned so much from the older family members, even while not really paying them much attention as a child. Sure wish I could today! Was fortunate to have my youngest uncle around until a couple years ago, even though it was not often we talked. Am 💯 on the point of most of what I learned and shaped me early, like you, is unknown today, or deemed useless or a waste today, sadly.
>> I feel sorry that so much of what I learned that shaped my young life is unknown or deemed of no use by younger people.
Ditto.
Funny coincidence - my father was born in 1917. Career Navy, served in WWII. My older brother was born in 1944 ... was Conservative but now flipped big time. I think his kids and wife flipped him. Alas, like many families since Trump came on the scene, we haven't spoken in years (he and his wife voted for Hillary, and now I'm shunned).
It’s a shame that some peeps are willing to let their political views broach the special relationship between parent-child, and siblings. I hope you can reconcile.
It's crazy to me that so many ppl have such loathing for DJT. TDS is quite real. I never liked Trump in my youth and in some ways still don't. I first registered as a Democrat but Carter, the first presidential election I was old enough to vote in, cured me of the Democrat party. I realized I was more conservative than I thought. I voted for Trump bc I hated HRC and I agreed with the ideas that America was headed in the wrong direction. I was happy to see Obama become president because he is a POC, even though I very much disagreed with his policies. I was more than just disappointed with his admin.
Trump is an obnoxious braggert but I voted for his presidency, not as a roommate. I hear he can be a gracious and charming person one on one. Reagan was the one to coin the MAGA term. I was still "out there" and rebellious when he was in office and thought Nancy was a disingenuous person yet I voted for him. Tulsa Gabbard is the only Democrat I would have considered voting for since Carter. Pplllj9
1961, here. Your description of how I feel when I’m accused of being a Boomer is spot on. I’m honestly shocked how naive my older cohorts (if I have to be lumped in with them) appear to be to what dismal failures their ideas have led many of them to become.
‘64, late November. Missing genX by couple months. Definitely generation Jones, which I just did learn about. My parents agreed (silent gen and greatest gen) that the ‘50’s were the high tide and things started sliding downhill after that. Was very times than the early boomers, that is for sure. Agree it was closer to reality. And there were no huge protests movements in my smaller area; more focused on the gas crisis, Carter’s bumbling, Iran, etc.
Agreed. I graduated high school in 1974. I grew up relatively poor but had decent, hardworking parents. They both knew hardships intimately. I think they were my saving grace because they stuck it out and neither bailed. They passed away flat broke. I still miss them at times.
I'm a very young boomer and since most of my life experience (except for baby and preschool years) were more of a Gen X life experience, I just say I'm Gen X "before it's time". I'll look up this "Generation Jones".
Less than two months from being a gen x-er lol. Yes not fully one of the other. Kinda used to it by now, but I do enjoy listening to both and putting my two cents in, lol.
I agree! It may be they are just physically repulsive naturally but the anger and bloody frothing make them look worse (I am a Boomer and wouldn’t be caught dead howling at the moon)
There are attractive seniors. Just because you are a certain age doesn't mean you are not attractive. I see how the younger people look at them. Not with the same respect as I looked at my grandparents and other adults when I was growing up.
I spoke with a Boomer who partook in the Haight-Asbury summer of love lifestyle. I asked her why she thought that after those decades the use of some of the drugs dropped off so much. She said it was probably because 20% of her friends of the era died or had debilitating mental health consequences.
This is most certainly true. They are the tenured folks at colleges and universities - they have way too much power over grants written and curricula nonsense. Their goal is to grow up to be pres of an Ivy League indoctrination camp with way too much mid east money flowing in (with strings).
Academia was getting heavily infiltrated by Marxist ideology in the early 70's. It has since been just about fully consumed. I don't buy into every conspiracy theory yet some are very real. We are living through another cold war that I hope to God never escalates with China. It is different than the cold war with the USSR. I find it fascinating that so many "leaders" are publicly shaming Trump for bombing Iran yet haven't denounced Iran for its hand in so many egregious attacks. It was past time to neutralize that threat. I don't applaud loss of life, war or violence. Yet at the same time it can be necessary to utilize force to stop those who wield any weaponry upon others. Iran has been a bully in the region for too long. Even other Muslim nations became tired and wary of their tactics
I was twelve in '68. I fell for the hippie rebellion up to the point of violent actions. I grew up and realized I had more conservative values than I thought. Since then I've met a good many like-minded boomers. Many are somewhere in between. We've been conditioned to think that we can no longer consider anything "wrong" and still uphold liberty.
Interesting I hear gen x proclaim that often, which I am not disagreeing with but much of what they claim was also true of the late boomers like me. I shake my head because it was not like they were the only ones. The confusion about the critics of the boomer generation is that it was the hippie, protestor, extremist violent agitators that get all the attention for the largest generation. They were the loudest, the most obnoxious, the most self aggrandizing, self righteous. Claiming the end of the Vietnam war made them feel the only righteous folks. But the boomers were large numbers. And like today the far left make all democrats look crazy.
Toughen up Mary is something I have been saying for years.
Saying “boomers” is a lot like saying: “women”, or “blacks” or “southerners”. It’s divisive, stereotypical and lazy. It promotes group-think, and unnecessary conflict, to gain political advantage. It doesn’t help define issues, or formulate solutions. It is part of the great distraction / misdirection machine we call “politics” (at which the democrats are so good and practiced).
I don’t recall the so called “founding fathers” using packaged generational terms; they were pretty focused on actual issues and specific goals.
As for Kings, they can be good or bad, just like democracies, which have the potential to be more destructive than kings, because of the nature of large political parties.
Just came off a few comment threads of a few articles here, where by poster one zillion, all have agreed boomers destroyed any hope of a better future. Group think at its finest.
As a boomer who stood on the sidelines of the fantasy that anarchy would bring more love and peace in 60s, and 70s, I agree wholeheartedly with your article! Easy to see through the "fantasy" of The No Kings demonstrations ...but this bunch has always believed if they said it enough times and had msm say it enough it "must be true...".
I see that same fantasy to go back to protest days as they hold "resist" signs...seriously...? You are mostly retired so what are you resisting? Stop resisting your irrelevance and make your time relevant...still lots to do !
I'm 68, and the longer I'm alive the more I believe we have been lied to about everything. As far back as the Civil rights movement I can see how we were manipulated and fed propaganda to believe we actually needed the Civil rights movement. We didn't. The politics and reality were very different. I was in elementary school and I could see reality did not match what the TV said. People and communities were changing and they didn't need government for that to happen. When DEI was introduced and adopted by corporations, healthcare, law enforcement, the post office, etc. I realized the civil rights act was meaningless. It never meant anything. Of course I see this in hind sight. The plandemic was a blessing. It was my second awakening. Of course, it's sad to now question what I thought was true. It amazes me how boomers can still believe such nonsense.
Very interesting! Looking back I see the wisdom of your comment. I grew up in a small podunk town. We had a few black families. A local minister spearheaded an effort to adopt Korean War orphans and we had quite a number of Korean and Korean-American bi racial children in our classes.
There was little if any bigotry or hateful speech or action toward non-white children. I would say none but of course it might have happened I just never saw it.
People were already rejecting the racial bigotry of the past. New laws were not necessary and spawned the bigoted DEI and Affirmative Action totalitarianism.
As a child of the mid/late 80s, I have always assumed the Civil Rights Movement was necessary, so it’s crazy (but logical) to think that perhaps the tides were already turning, or had turned.
I do tend to think that Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” speaks to humanity’s natural inclination to move toward progress — without government intervention.
Of course it makes sense that the same type of political influence/propaganda that is used by political parties today would have been used half a century ago as well. Until now, I hadn’t ever really considered it, though. If we’re divided and disgruntled, we’re distracted.
IKR? I know anyone over 5yrs old when Kennedy was shot or MLK,Jr. remembers where they were. The plandemic wasn't a big surprise and smelled like a rat from the start to me. After the shameful, openly deranged way bureaucrats and some congressmen/women in the government and MSM began to behave it was clear that deeper, darker forces were driving just about everything. I don't know how this mess will sort but it looks kinda bleak. Prayer and kindness may be the only hopeful thing to do.
Tolerance and endorsement are two different things. I reserve the right to think and feel for myself. The PC police can go to whatever hell will have them.
Boomers give up power reluctantly, including the self-delusion that they know better than anyone else. Probably a carryover from our college days when we read too much Foucault (!). Regardless, younger minds must take over, and banning onions and scratchy blankets shows they see through the madness of their elders
I am so feeling this right now. My dad is a boomer with terrible TDS. He printed out (already a boomer going to do) a Garrison Keillor Substack for me to read about the murder of the Democrats in Minnesota (where we live) and it essentially ends with a statement about how those of us who voted for Trump are complicit in the murders. I'm still floored. Insane.
I left Garrison in the run up to the election and his response to it. He has TDS very bad. I listen now only to his CDs and Lake Woebegone stories, but have ceased on listening to his current stuff.
I'm a boomer who became Maga ten years ago. All of my Dem friends have TDS, they are delusional, or both. Just remember he's your Dad... My parents and I agreed not to talk about politics back when I was a hippie and they were ultra conservative. Maybe try that?
I am sure I am not the only one to point this out but the additional irony of course is that the democrats acted like "kings" for the later part of Biden's term. They were hiding our president so we couldn't see what was actually going on, allowing millions of serfdom into the country unchecked, anointed a successor that no one had voted for in a primary, followed by the liberal aristocratic class shower her with wasted cash
Not to mention the complete suspension of the Bill of Rights in the name of "COVID". Many of us knew years ago that the jab did not prevent infection OR transmission, masks didn't work, the 6-foot rule was ludicrous and liquor stores were not "essential". I would venture to say that most of the "No Kings" group were quite willing to have Fauci as king to rule over their lives, causing massive destruction to our economic, social and moral fabric.
Spot on assessment Elaine! Antifa acted more like fascists than true anarchists. They don't support anarchy but totalitarianism. They are very misled , misinformed, errant and infantile brats.
I’m one of those boomers age wise but I’ve always eschewed group think. I live in deep blue Portland Oregon and for various reasons I’m stuck here. (And I could sure use some sane people to hang out with!!!) There are two groups, maybe three. 1) The Boomers who consume MSM like the holy Gospel and they are distraught to various degrees. Some are really terrified and others who just go along with the trend. (These used to be my friends. Now I have no friends because being old sucks bad enough and I need sane friends!) 2) There are the confused young far left alphabet kids who believe their craziness is the future. And 3) There are the smaller group, also young, that wait for nightfall to set the place on fire. This is ‘Antifa’, formerly known as the Anarchists. They simply want Anarchy and are allowed to do a whole bunch of damage for which the taxpayers pick up the tab. (They aren’t getting away with it quite like they did in 2020, but still bad enough.) These are crazy times. Really crazy. It’s a great time to be old!
Rita I feel your pain. I moved to Portland for college and stayed 50 years. It has gone from the Rose City to a crime infested, open air drug market and homeless camp.
I was blessed to have a small cadre of like minded friends met through a Dennis Prager meet up group. We’ve almost all left Portland. I moved back to my hometown of LaGrande. Others moved to Montana, Idaho, South Dakota and Texas. Maybe see if there is a meet up group of normal people. They do exist!
I get frosted by claims that Antifa is just in the imagination. I have literally faced off against them as they skateboarded toward me. I didn’t blink and they spun out of my path. I saw Antifa and its ilk destroy businesses, set police and government buildings and Ted Wheeler’s condo on fire. They are demonic.
Tapestrygarden, Thank you for your comment! Actually, so far this summer (long way to go) the ‘protest riots’ have been pretty subdued compared to 2020. I think maybe Antifa is spread a little thin what with L.A. and Seattle. Also, the current riot was specific to the ICE headquarters in PDX so it was the Feds, not local police, who were dealing with it so they weren’t so lenient. What do you think the right Meet Up group would be called, ‘Normal People’ or ‘Common Sense Folks’ ?? 😊
That same generation has screwed so many other countries, including Germany, France, Spain Canada and UK. They have somehow engraved deep in their minds that the left is better, regardless of policies, results, economic mayhem or any other fact based conclusion.
Facts are a mere construct, truth is what they say it is and they've rewritten history to justify their present grievance. Chronic whining isn't an occupation so someone is funding these cretins to be disruptive and destructive.
If it has anything to do with Trump the Dems will find takers. May be these protestors have a part time job protesting. Remember BLM? Another excuse to burn buildings and bitch. If Trump obtained world peace and prosperity there would be protestors.
Given some of the video I have seen of Boomers at the "No Kings" protests perhaps Trump Derangement Syndrome should be reclassified as a dementia. Certain environmental toxins are now known to have tragic consequences on people's brains; it seems that a lifetime of voting Democrat should be added to the list.
I lived in a 55+ community for a year and these libbie seniors are some of the nastiest people around. The next 5years should cull this herd naturally.
My granddaughter took a sociology course taught be a leftist in high school and when asked her what she learned she said, "I've concluded those that preach tolerance are the most intolerant of all."
Yep. And those who preach against racism are often are the most racist. 🤷♂️
Critical Race Theory is Drag-Nazi Story Hour.
Smart girl. 👍
I believe it was Thomas Sowell who said, “If the left supports diversity and inclusion, why do faculty in Sociology Departments across the U.S. self-identify over 95% as liberal?”
Reassuring
absolutely true! I have my Master's in Social Work. And I was one of 2 in my class who was a known Republican. I was born w/ a hearing impairment, but in those days hearing aids were of no help, so I self-taught myself to lip read. I positioned myself in class so I could see the instructor the best I could & watch closely to "hear" the best I could. I was at a party & that instructor's son was there & he said his mom was joking about students who tried to get 'on the good side' by sitting close & watching closely.
Another instructor gave me C's. I don't think I deserved C's, but never said a word. Her favorite student always came in at least 10 minutes late & the instructor stopped class & brought her up to date on what she missed. That student always rec'd A's. That instructor gave a party; I went, & started wandering around, looking at some art; I dabbled in art & there was some good art on the walls. Another woman I didn't know approached me, we started talking, found out she was the artist, & lived there, w/ the instructor - they were a couple/gay. The instructor popped her head in & saw us talking at one point. Not a problem. I had a great evening. I got the highest marks in the class for the rest of the year.
Social Workers are very tolerant - yeah, right.
I was a good Physics undergrad. 4.0 in Math/Science and outside that, two B's and one C. The C was from an activist lib professor who gave A's to those who "thought like him." Quality was not what he looked for. Just lib ideas. Well, my essays were not lib at all. Quite the contrary. He acted like he liked me for "speaking my mind." but it was obvious he "my mind" was not pleading to him. -- It was either cow-tow his opinion or get a bad grade. I opted to stick to my own views and take the C. Libs in action. 🤷♂️
Sociology is not a science, or a real study, it is always and always what the libs want it to be. Trash.
Smart girl!
The leftist mentality is that the "state" knows what's best so you couldn't possibly be capable of making decisions for yourself. Hollyweird is the biggest offender of all. They make tons of violent, sexually explicit movies, slam Judeo-christian values and then blame conservatives for the rot they initiate. They push policies that really promote illiteracy, dumb society down and appeal to ppls lower nature. That is the mission of the DOE and it has been partially successful. There may be time to course-correct but that window is closing fast. The capture of education has been the game plan but if derailed now the next generation may have a chance to return to excellence and true progress. The kind of progress these lefty grifters are pushing is more regressive in the broader sense and long run.
I have noticed that too...old dear friends from the 70s have said to me "I can't believe that the Pete I knew 50 years ago would support these *&^%&^%'s". And the culling you mention will be selective. Being in a state of anger & indignation can't help longevity.
Smile ... most of that cohort is vaxxed and boosted. They have willfully acellerated their own demise.
Hahahahaha! Too true. They just won't pay ANY attention to anything but ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. But if you'll notice, CNN is occasionally leaning just a little right. Or they'll disappear. Elon has threatened to buy them out!!
I live in a very large retirement community and the people are overwhelmingly friendly.
I am on the Political Interest Committee and we have equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats and work together very well. We interview all of the local and statewide candidates and post their interviews for all the residents to see.
yeah they are pretty brutal. they broke the planet and are willing to believe anything that makes them seem like the saviors.
If you count post Vax deaths, it may be a massive loss of life.
Aging hipsters🙄
You cannot reason with a demoralized person. TDS is terminal in the No Kings crowd. Grifters on Trump Derangement Substacks are making millions stoking hysteria in their mentally ill readers: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/trump-derangement-substack-correspondents-dinner
Doctors are finding that the spike protein from the C-vax infiltrates the brain in a dose-dependent manner. (cf Dr. Peter McCullough) The more shots & boosters, the higher the levels. Once there, 'ol spike can cause 84 different adverse conditions, including dementia, stroke, behavioral changes (i.e. aggression, suicide ideation), and even hallucinations.
Since over 70% of us got the clot shot, most multiple times, it makes sense that people are acting differently now than they did 5 years ago. And it's only going to get worse.
Every time I see something about the vax I am happier that I refused it.
I doubt that it has much to do with the protests, people like that have been around forever and our 'education system' has promoted this sort of idiocy for the last 40 years or more, the I'm a victim, everybody else is racist, whites are oppressors, etcetera fantasies that allow the scammers to gain more power have been poured into society by the leftist politicians, the media, Hollywood and our schools. That is what I believe is making it worse.
That, and the prevalence of social media. We haven't yet reckoned with how that affects people's brains, especially the girls and young women who dominate the genre.
Well they have ascertained that scrolling through short videos like TikTok causes short bursts of dopamine to be released. That in itself explains that it's actually addictive and the dominant theme is in keeping with the far left narrative. Couple that and you have the majority of the planet captive to a specific ideological agenda.
Jonathan Haidt is especially strong on these matters. I recommend his recent discussion with Jordan Peterson.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
I don't doubt that the Covid maxxine has terrible side effects, but I don't see those effects explaining what we see in these protests. Retarded protests like what we saw last weekend have existed long before the Covid maxxine. Unless previous retarded protests were the product of earlier maxxines, I think we should look for a more proximate cause, most likely social or psychological in nature.
I gotta agree with that. Mass psychosis is my guess. Mob mentality.
But the covid vaccine has had catastrophic effects for far too many ppl. A report came out just a few days ago that the mRNA type shots are damaging women's eggs and causing miscarriages. I hope the Davos crowd is happy..(NOT)
I got two Covid shots in 2021 and since then I have become four years older. If I had known that this was one of the side effects of Covid vaccination I would never have gotten the shot!
I got the first two. In '21. Since then, I have little memory, mini strokes and my peripheral Neuropathy has progressed at such a rate that I've been in a wheelchair for two years. Thanks, you miserable hoax, Fauci.
So sorry that happened to you.
You might want to check out Dr. Peter Mc Cullough and his Wellness Company. He has developed substances that can help counteract the spike proteins from the vaccine. He used to be a cardiologist at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas until they dropped him for challenging their sacred doctrine of the efficacy of mRNA “vaccines”.
I didn't get a single one. I thought all of it was suspect and certainly convenient for disrupting the possibility of a second Trump term. After all they did, the lengths gone to, to destroy his presidency I wouldn't have been surprised if the whole thing was just some psy-op, sleight of hand tactic. Plan Z? I dunno but I didn't trust it. The more I learned the more questions I had. From the first few weeks of vaccine availability, there were a suspiciously high number of severe adverse events, including deaths. Death didn't seem as scary as the neurological destruction that left ppl paralyzed. When I learned that Covid 19 wasn't even "novel" because the powers that be knew exactly what it was I figured everything about it was some kind of set-up. They were way too quick to silence any dissenters, even those who were considered reliable, professional members of the scientific community. It's not like it was hard to find out some of the telling evidence. All one had to do is search a couple of the right names and listen to the chatter. No, ppl who just bought the narrative unquestionably just didn't want to know. I don't think Fauci should have been given a pass and in light of how the "pardons" were autosigned and Joe was so out of it I think it's reasonable to question their validity at least.
No. My fellow Baby Boomers who are Leftists started down that road in the 60s & 70s with all the drugs they took. The worst were the acid heads who were always prostelatizing on how LSD expands your mind, while I observed they were losing it. If Fentanyl was available then there would be fewer of us here today, which may have been a good thing since there would be fewer rioters today.
Oh my heavens I am howling at the responses! And I’m a Boomer.
It's the vaxes!
It’s the drugs they took in the 60s & 70s. I was there to see it. Add to that the Marxist Communist teachers who emanated from the five Jewish Communists from the Frankfurt Group who landed at Columbia University in 1935 to avoid Hitler, then spread to the other Poison Ivy League schools and you have a perfect storm leading to now.
If I weren't a monarchist before, these protests would have done a great deal in turning me into one.
I believe you have a point my friend
It's borderline psychotic. But a few I know have been taken captive by the lefty narrative for decades now. They can't see it at all. Look Trump isn't a messiah but he does stand in the way of the leftist takeover/down of western society and that's good enough for me.
Thats brilliant!! Well said
Spare us your identity politics, sonny. Trump himself is a Boomer.
I can't say I understand what this has to do with my original point, gramps. I am a Boomer too. My observation was not broadly about Boomers, this is about a small subset of them who for reasons I cannot fathom have gone absolutely foaming at the mouth about Trump.
LOL “gramps”.
More identity politics on your part.
Seriously for a second, I was born in 1953 which puts me smack dab in the middle of the baby boom. I read your point of identity politics is not to assume because of what we, as Boomers, share (popular culture, schooling, the repeated crushing of idealism in waves) that we think alike. Certainly that is not true, although the prevailing current for our generation was to become progressive/liberal/hippy/commie, and to become conservative/libertarian was either a product of living in away from the coasts or willful contrarianism. I fit into the latter category, but my Dad used to waggle his finger at me and my brothers when we were little and tell us "Remember boys, the government is our enemy". But my original intent of the comment was, as a Baby Boomer, to point out my observation some of those of my generation who did go along with the flow have, on occasion, turned out in their old age particularly nasty, inflexible and hateful for the other side (both Trump & vaccines). Sadly it sometimes trumps friendships that go back 50 years. And I can't figure out why, as they never used to be that way. Sometimes they are retired from careers in public service or academia, or have a hypertrophied deference to authority.
I called it wrong,got you all wrong. Please accept my apologies. I had a long response, and I lost it because of this crummy app. I'll get back to you.
I can't say that has ever happened to me online (an apology), no offense taken, no apology needed.
I suggest you read Sowell's “A Conflict of Visions”, if you haven't. It's an epistemological problem. In order to be progressive, you have to abandon logic, facts and reason. What is moral is determined by who does something. What is true is determined by who says something. What is of value is what benefits The Tribe.
Tribe members enjoy unlimited support, until their actions denigrate the Tribe, then they're instantaneously “thrown under the bus”, (e.g. Rod Blagojevich, whom Trump pardoned, BTW).
Progressives, have what Sowell calls Unconstrained vision, (vision=a pre-conscious, epistemological filter).They believe that the world is perfectable.
The founders were all constrained vision. We believe there are no solutions, only trade-offs, (Those with Unconstrained Vision, I'm obviously not a Founder, LOL).
Most importantly, the truly wacko, progressives have crossed the same rubicon, as all tyrants, to otherize people,to dehumanize people.
They believe that the other side is truly inferior and evil, thus ANY means are justified by the ends.
I am a great admirer of Thomas Sowell, but have not read "Conflict", I think I will enjoy it and ordered it from Amazon. What we were talking about was something beyond othering, this disgust sufferers of TDS have for him & us. There was that widely shown video of the whimpering old guy beating the Trump doll against the counter, exactly like a hysteric killing a roach. Or my old college friend (mentioned above) who, among other things, posting a meme of Trump as pope with a mitre made of poop. The association of the other tribe with vermin or excrement is not only pre-conscious it is lower brain. Just like the Nazi's did so effectively in their propaganda. Thanks for the tip.
Two weeks ago I may have disagreed with you. In the meanwhile, I'vehad a conversation with what seemed to be a sincere but misguided young woman who had a epistemological blind spot for people like you and me, whom her god, (society and government), had condemned to damnation as irredeemably evil.
How many thousands, (millions?), live in insensate, lizard brain, mortal fear because the man they've been convinced is Satan himself is in charge?
Two weeks ago I may have disagreed with you. In the meanwhile, I'vehad a conversation with what seemed to be a sincere but misguided young woman who had a epistemological blind spot for people like you and me, whom her god, (society and government), had condemned to damnation as irredeemably evil.
How many thousands, (millions?), live in insensate, lizard brain, mortal fear because the man they've been convinced is Satan himself is in charge?
Ditto.
I agree Chris. I was eleven in 1968. Just a kid but I found all the riots, protests, hippie mentality/ Woodstock, drugs appalling. I especially hated the communist ideology. As seniors they are just pathetic.
Deidre K, you and I are are of the same mind. I was twelve in 1968 and I too found the whole era to be a miserable experience. Later, in 1980, because of the rampant anti-Americanism of my slightly older peers, I broke ranks with my solidly and generationally democrat family when I voted for Reagan and I have never looked back. In the same vein, contrary to the boomer caricature, I smoked marijuana once as an adult at a wedding reception and I never did it again and harder drugs were never even considered by me. Lumping all of us together, monolithically, as "boomers," as if we all have the same habits and attitudes, is not just wrong, it is offensive...The boomers will be remembered as America's Most Selfish Generation, ironically, they are the sons and daughters of America's Greatest Generation.
I'm the same age as you and Diedre, born in '56. I and my friends were not card-burners. We did plenty of naughty stuff- smoking weed, drinking too much alcohol, staying up all night when we should have been studying. I'm still good friends with a lot of them. We are all citizens in good standing today. I'm probably the most right-wing of them, but the rest aren't far behind me. We all voted for Trump.
Me personally, I'm on board with most of his agenda. with the exception of out-of-control government spending. I'm fearful lenders are going to stop lending to our government, Trump will get a black eye, and Democrats will find a path to return to power. If they do we're screwed.
The Federal Reserve is the lender, no need to worry, they will keep the printing presses going - it isn't the lender we need to be concerned about, it is servicing the debt. At this rate, not too long from now, all the taxes they collect will not be enough to pay it back. Then the country collapses.
That's the scary version. I tried to explain to my daughter that charity is good until you realize you gave away the family farm. Giving responsibly means sharing what you have AFTER taking care of your obligations and not keeping giving to those who intercept aid for those in need, thats called throwing good money after bad.
Yeah, I don't know ... the sense of entitlement just seems to increase every generation. True hardship that generates resolve just isn't common anymore.
Gary…as a Boomer by definition of birth year, I don't believe I have any entitlement to greater largess from our govt. BEYOND the benefits of those programs I was compelled by law to pay into.
One caveat, I retired from the military and receive medical care based on that service time. Most of us that served long enough to retire feel we “paid” for this benefit.
When Congress stops increasing entitlements, some of the damage will be slowed. Your limiting yourself to holding responsible the people asking for more, rather than the people offering more.
You're correct. There's significant culpability on both sides. I do have little to no respect for ppl who falsely claim a disability in order to get benefits as well as derelict social workers who approve benefits for those who are clearly not fully disabled out of some personal sense of obligation or desire to provide assistance in every case. Sometimes it's to a person's detriment to give them a handout. At one time, the system of welfare had a built-in disincentive for recipients to seek work. You either didn't have an income or got nothing. Bill Clinton's admin. brought more common sense to this dilemma by overhauling benefits in a graduated manner. Ppl could still receive limited benefits, like Medicaid or food stamps even if there was some form of income if that income was insufficient to cover such basics, especially for ppl with dependents. I really have no problem with public assistance for those in need. One caveat was that ppl receiving public assistance would lose all benefits if they were found to be using illegal drugs. That's a rational condition IMHO.
I think veterans deserve more than they get, even if they didn't serve in active combat. So thank you for your service.
I agree that the sixties generation imparted some dopey ideas about societal conduct; like sex and drugs and rock-n-roll. On the other hand, I question whether their parents were really “the greatest generation.” The so-called greatest generation ushered-in the welfare state and degenerate things like Playboy and Playgirl.
Hugh Heffner introduced rampant sex, along with the pill and Lyndon Johnson, the most corrupt president of all time, ushered in the welfare state all by himself to re-enslave the black population.
Woodrow Wilson could be considered most corrupt, considering how he really enslaved blacks.
Good point. I am a boomer and very much got lost in the world of hedonistic pop culture of the 70's & 80's. Yet I never didn't work at something. Eventually I found a path to Yeshua and today am a born again believer.
GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
I’m with you on this Rare Earth, (from the band of the same name of the 60’s?).
I am circa 1955, our conversions to conservatives sound very much the same.
if someone refers to me as a Boomer due to the demographic age cohort that I’m included in, thats fair enough, but if it used as a pejorative because I look like I fit in that age group and that somehow makes me x, x, and/or x, that person automatically loses any respect and reciprocity I may otherwise offer.
For those of that ilk…please consider this Boomer advice; just because you have a man bun, that doesn't make you a man. But Im ready to assume your are one, until you prove your not.
1956 here. While technically a "Boomer," I'm also "Generation Jones." First came across that term a few years ago. I think it explains much, referring to those born in the later stages of the "Boomer" generation and their very different experiences (and so outlooks).
The quintessential "Boomers" came of age (high school / college) in the 1950's and early 1960's. The era of optimism and widely distributed rising prosperity. That (arguably) came to an end with the JFK assassination and the end of "The New Frontier" - and the societal temper tantrum that the quintessential Boomers then engaged in.
Conversely, we in Generation Jones came of age in the Vietnam defeat, Watergate, inflation, gas crises and Iran hostages era. Hence, our view of government and economics (and the economic opportunities, or lack thereof) were shaped very, very differently. (And, I would argue, more realistically.)
Tom W…an interesting premise that seems correct. my older brother was born during WWII, me in ‘55. our view of politics could hardly be more different. he is the very definition of an old hippie that “dropped out” in the early 70’s
My dad was born in 1918, my grandfather in the century before. my formative years were enriched beyond estimable value by their mentoring. I feel sorry that so much of what I learned that shaped my young life is unknown or deemed of no use by younger people.
I am ‘64, my mom was ‘29, and my dad ‘23; but all my grands were late 1800’s and were all gone by the time I was 13. Lost one great uncle in WW1. One went when my mom was 12. Learned so much from the older family members, even while not really paying them much attention as a child. Sure wish I could today! Was fortunate to have my youngest uncle around until a couple years ago, even though it was not often we talked. Am 💯 on the point of most of what I learned and shaped me early, like you, is unknown today, or deemed useless or a waste today, sadly.
>> I feel sorry that so much of what I learned that shaped my young life is unknown or deemed of no use by younger people.
Ditto.
Funny coincidence - my father was born in 1917. Career Navy, served in WWII. My older brother was born in 1944 ... was Conservative but now flipped big time. I think his kids and wife flipped him. Alas, like many families since Trump came on the scene, we haven't spoken in years (he and his wife voted for Hillary, and now I'm shunned).
It's really hard at my holiday dinners, too. How long can you talk about the weather?
It’s a shame that some peeps are willing to let their political views broach the special relationship between parent-child, and siblings. I hope you can reconcile.
Women become communists when they go to college. Men become communists when they suffer the misfortune of marrying one. Pity your brother.
It's crazy to me that so many ppl have such loathing for DJT. TDS is quite real. I never liked Trump in my youth and in some ways still don't. I first registered as a Democrat but Carter, the first presidential election I was old enough to vote in, cured me of the Democrat party. I realized I was more conservative than I thought. I voted for Trump bc I hated HRC and I agreed with the ideas that America was headed in the wrong direction. I was happy to see Obama become president because he is a POC, even though I very much disagreed with his policies. I was more than just disappointed with his admin.
Trump is an obnoxious braggert but I voted for his presidency, not as a roommate. I hear he can be a gracious and charming person one on one. Reagan was the one to coin the MAGA term. I was still "out there" and rebellious when he was in office and thought Nancy was a disingenuous person yet I voted for him. Tulsa Gabbard is the only Democrat I would have considered voting for since Carter. Pplllj9
1961, here. Your description of how I feel when I’m accused of being a Boomer is spot on. I’m honestly shocked how naive my older cohorts (if I have to be lumped in with them) appear to be to what dismal failures their ideas have led many of them to become.
Born in '62. I've heard "boomers" go thru '64, but I'm more of a "Generation Jones" guy
‘64, late November. Missing genX by couple months. Definitely generation Jones, which I just did learn about. My parents agreed (silent gen and greatest gen) that the ‘50’s were the high tide and things started sliding downhill after that. Was very times than the early boomers, that is for sure. Agree it was closer to reality. And there were no huge protests movements in my smaller area; more focused on the gas crisis, Carter’s bumbling, Iran, etc.
No worries. According to this you / we are solidly Generation Jones. ;-)
https://marketbusinessnews.com/financial-glossary/generation-jones/
Thanks for posting this link.
I never felt I had much in common with people born in the late '40s/early '50s. Splitting the Boomers/Jonses in the mid 1950s makes lots of sense.
Agreed. I graduated high school in 1974. I grew up relatively poor but had decent, hardworking parents. They both knew hardships intimately. I think they were my saving grace because they stuck it out and neither bailed. They passed away flat broke. I still miss them at times.
I'm a very young boomer and since most of my life experience (except for baby and preschool years) were more of a Gen X life experience, I just say I'm Gen X "before it's time". I'll look up this "Generation Jones".
When my adult kids say "OK Boomer." I say "OK Boomer daughter or Boomer son" depending who I am talking to. Shuts them up. 😂
Better a boomer than a snowflake
Agree 💯
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Does that work now! *scribbles furiously, taking notes for discussion points with both gen z sons* 😃
Hahaha 😂 it does. They don't have a reply.
Me, too. Caught between the generations. Not quite one but nit quite the other.
Less than two months from being a gen x-er lol. Yes not fully one of the other. Kinda used to it by now, but I do enjoy listening to both and putting my two cents in, lol.
Everybody is different. Or as one of my engineer friends was fond of saying, "Everybody is stupid, just concerning different things."
Can't argue with that. Imma steal that line IYDM.
Most people look at these self indulged, delusional and very unattractive seniors and cringe. No one wants to be them. The optics are bad.
I agree! It may be they are just physically repulsive naturally but the anger and bloody frothing make them look worse (I am a Boomer and wouldn’t be caught dead howling at the moon)
Agree. It's a shame. I respected my elders growing up. I raised my children the same way.
You sound like a real beauty Annie
There are attractive seniors. Just because you are a certain age doesn't mean you are not attractive. I see how the younger people look at them. Not with the same respect as I looked at my grandparents and other adults when I was growing up.
I spoke with a Boomer who partook in the Haight-Asbury summer of love lifestyle. I asked her why she thought that after those decades the use of some of the drugs dropped off so much. She said it was probably because 20% of her friends of the era died or had debilitating mental health consequences.
A good portion of those with debilitating mental health consequences went into academia.
... or government.
This is most certainly true. They are the tenured folks at colleges and universities - they have way too much power over grants written and curricula nonsense. Their goal is to grow up to be pres of an Ivy League indoctrination camp with way too much mid east money flowing in (with strings).
There's a word for that -- parasite.
Academia was getting heavily infiltrated by Marxist ideology in the early 70's. It has since been just about fully consumed. I don't buy into every conspiracy theory yet some are very real. We are living through another cold war that I hope to God never escalates with China. It is different than the cold war with the USSR. I find it fascinating that so many "leaders" are publicly shaming Trump for bombing Iran yet haven't denounced Iran for its hand in so many egregious attacks. It was past time to neutralize that threat. I don't applaud loss of life, war or violence. Yet at the same time it can be necessary to utilize force to stop those who wield any weaponry upon others. Iran has been a bully in the region for too long. Even other Muslim nations became tired and wary of their tactics
Ditto. Repulsive ego stroking nonsense.
I was twelve in '68. I fell for the hippie rebellion up to the point of violent actions. I grew up and realized I had more conservative values than I thought. Since then I've met a good many like-minded boomers. Many are somewhere in between. We've been conditioned to think that we can no longer consider anything "wrong" and still uphold liberty.
What fantasies does the 1968 generation have? I am generation X. I thought we were the realists.
Interesting I hear gen x proclaim that often, which I am not disagreeing with but much of what they claim was also true of the late boomers like me. I shake my head because it was not like they were the only ones. The confusion about the critics of the boomer generation is that it was the hippie, protestor, extremist violent agitators that get all the attention for the largest generation. They were the loudest, the most obnoxious, the most self aggrandizing, self righteous. Claiming the end of the Vietnam war made them feel the only righteous folks. But the boomers were large numbers. And like today the far left make all democrats look crazy.
Toughen up Mary is something I have been saying for years.
It's not the boomers. it's some boomers. Just like it's some of every generation.
True. Rush Limbaugh was a Boomer.
I prefer to call myself a “Rusher.”
me too, I miss him. despite our riches of right-wing commentary, still, no-one even close.
Why must you call yourself anything? Why do you need a specific label, that limits you, and artificially frames everything that you then say?
Why not just say the Dems, Marxists, Muslims are right about this, but not about those things?
It was a joke.
Saying “boomers” is a lot like saying: “women”, or “blacks” or “southerners”. It’s divisive, stereotypical and lazy. It promotes group-think, and unnecessary conflict, to gain political advantage. It doesn’t help define issues, or formulate solutions. It is part of the great distraction / misdirection machine we call “politics” (at which the democrats are so good and practiced).
I don’t recall the so called “founding fathers” using packaged generational terms; they were pretty focused on actual issues and specific goals.
As for Kings, they can be good or bad, just like democracies, which have the potential to be more destructive than kings, because of the nature of large political parties.
Absolutely. Alarms should go off in anybody's mind when they hear stereotypical references based on race, gender, income, or anything else.
Just came off a few comment threads of a few articles here, where by poster one zillion, all have agreed boomers destroyed any hope of a better future. Group think at its finest.
Yet they'll tell you they support 'diversity' and condemn divisiveness.
As a boomer who stood on the sidelines of the fantasy that anarchy would bring more love and peace in 60s, and 70s, I agree wholeheartedly with your article! Easy to see through the "fantasy" of The No Kings demonstrations ...but this bunch has always believed if they said it enough times and had msm say it enough it "must be true...".
I see that same fantasy to go back to protest days as they hold "resist" signs...seriously...? You are mostly retired so what are you resisting? Stop resisting your irrelevance and make your time relevant...still lots to do !
That was my thought! I am Boomer, semi retired, community and church volunteer. There is plenty to do. So quit waving signs and step up.
Agree!
I'm 68, and the longer I'm alive the more I believe we have been lied to about everything. As far back as the Civil rights movement I can see how we were manipulated and fed propaganda to believe we actually needed the Civil rights movement. We didn't. The politics and reality were very different. I was in elementary school and I could see reality did not match what the TV said. People and communities were changing and they didn't need government for that to happen. When DEI was introduced and adopted by corporations, healthcare, law enforcement, the post office, etc. I realized the civil rights act was meaningless. It never meant anything. Of course I see this in hind sight. The plandemic was a blessing. It was my second awakening. Of course, it's sad to now question what I thought was true. It amazes me how boomers can still believe such nonsense.
Very interesting! Looking back I see the wisdom of your comment. I grew up in a small podunk town. We had a few black families. A local minister spearheaded an effort to adopt Korean War orphans and we had quite a number of Korean and Korean-American bi racial children in our classes.
There was little if any bigotry or hateful speech or action toward non-white children. I would say none but of course it might have happened I just never saw it.
People were already rejecting the racial bigotry of the past. New laws were not necessary and spawned the bigoted DEI and Affirmative Action totalitarianism.
We were lied to.
It’s always been about control.
Yup. From the dawn of time.
As a child of the mid/late 80s, I have always assumed the Civil Rights Movement was necessary, so it’s crazy (but logical) to think that perhaps the tides were already turning, or had turned.
I do tend to think that Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” speaks to humanity’s natural inclination to move toward progress — without government intervention.
Of course it makes sense that the same type of political influence/propaganda that is used by political parties today would have been used half a century ago as well. Until now, I hadn’t ever really considered it, though. If we’re divided and disgruntled, we’re distracted.
IKR? I know anyone over 5yrs old when Kennedy was shot or MLK,Jr. remembers where they were. The plandemic wasn't a big surprise and smelled like a rat from the start to me. After the shameful, openly deranged way bureaucrats and some congressmen/women in the government and MSM began to behave it was clear that deeper, darker forces were driving just about everything. I don't know how this mess will sort but it looks kinda bleak. Prayer and kindness may be the only hopeful thing to do.
Tolerance and endorsement are two different things. I reserve the right to think and feel for myself. The PC police can go to whatever hell will have them.
60 and have came to similar conclusions.
Careful of painting with a too broad brush on slamming “boomers”. This boomer has voted “R”longer than many of you have been alive.
Ditto, sez this ol' fart from 1947.
Boomers give up power reluctantly, including the self-delusion that they know better than anyone else. Probably a carryover from our college days when we read too much Foucault (!). Regardless, younger minds must take over, and banning onions and scratchy blankets shows they see through the madness of their elders
I am so feeling this right now. My dad is a boomer with terrible TDS. He printed out (already a boomer going to do) a Garrison Keillor Substack for me to read about the murder of the Democrats in Minnesota (where we live) and it essentially ends with a statement about how those of us who voted for Trump are complicit in the murders. I'm still floored. Insane.
Is Keillor still a "thing"? Why doesn't he just go for a long swim in Lake Wobegon ...
I left Garrison in the run up to the election and his response to it. He has TDS very bad. I listen now only to his CDs and Lake Woebegone stories, but have ceased on listening to his current stuff.
Is Garrisons Substack acct publicly funded?
He has subscribers. Public broadcasting broke with him during the #me-too stuff and I am sure does not want any money from them.
I'm a boomer who became Maga ten years ago. All of my Dem friends have TDS, they are delusional, or both. Just remember he's your Dad... My parents and I agreed not to talk about politics back when I was a hippie and they were ultra conservative. Maybe try that?
As a child of the Summer of Love, I can empirically report that my hippie parents are just as stupid and narcissistic today as they were then.
I am sure I am not the only one to point this out but the additional irony of course is that the democrats acted like "kings" for the later part of Biden's term. They were hiding our president so we couldn't see what was actually going on, allowing millions of serfdom into the country unchecked, anointed a successor that no one had voted for in a primary, followed by the liberal aristocratic class shower her with wasted cash
Not to mention the complete suspension of the Bill of Rights in the name of "COVID". Many of us knew years ago that the jab did not prevent infection OR transmission, masks didn't work, the 6-foot rule was ludicrous and liquor stores were not "essential". I would venture to say that most of the "No Kings" group were quite willing to have Fauci as king to rule over their lives, causing massive destruction to our economic, social and moral fabric.
Spot on assessment Elaine! Antifa acted more like fascists than true anarchists. They don't support anarchy but totalitarianism. They are very misled , misinformed, errant and infantile brats.
I’m one of those boomers age wise but I’ve always eschewed group think. I live in deep blue Portland Oregon and for various reasons I’m stuck here. (And I could sure use some sane people to hang out with!!!) There are two groups, maybe three. 1) The Boomers who consume MSM like the holy Gospel and they are distraught to various degrees. Some are really terrified and others who just go along with the trend. (These used to be my friends. Now I have no friends because being old sucks bad enough and I need sane friends!) 2) There are the confused young far left alphabet kids who believe their craziness is the future. And 3) There are the smaller group, also young, that wait for nightfall to set the place on fire. This is ‘Antifa’, formerly known as the Anarchists. They simply want Anarchy and are allowed to do a whole bunch of damage for which the taxpayers pick up the tab. (They aren’t getting away with it quite like they did in 2020, but still bad enough.) These are crazy times. Really crazy. It’s a great time to be old!
Rita I feel your pain. I moved to Portland for college and stayed 50 years. It has gone from the Rose City to a crime infested, open air drug market and homeless camp.
I was blessed to have a small cadre of like minded friends met through a Dennis Prager meet up group. We’ve almost all left Portland. I moved back to my hometown of LaGrande. Others moved to Montana, Idaho, South Dakota and Texas. Maybe see if there is a meet up group of normal people. They do exist!
I get frosted by claims that Antifa is just in the imagination. I have literally faced off against them as they skateboarded toward me. I didn’t blink and they spun out of my path. I saw Antifa and its ilk destroy businesses, set police and government buildings and Ted Wheeler’s condo on fire. They are demonic.
Tapestrygarden, Thank you for your comment! Actually, so far this summer (long way to go) the ‘protest riots’ have been pretty subdued compared to 2020. I think maybe Antifa is spread a little thin what with L.A. and Seattle. Also, the current riot was specific to the ICE headquarters in PDX so it was the Feds, not local police, who were dealing with it so they weren’t so lenient. What do you think the right Meet Up group would be called, ‘Normal People’ or ‘Common Sense Folks’ ?? 😊
Let me think on that. Ours was based on listening to Dennis Prager.
A friend lived close to ICE and said the protestors blocked the streets, vandalized and spray painted many nearby buildings.
She finally moved
So these are the 2020 riots you’re talking about. Thankfully, I don’t live in an area that has any of that.
I could get behind 'Ban Onions' but only raw onions and only sometimes.
Just DONT BAN GARLIC
It makes sense that Boomers would be driving this. The left's narrative about Trump is being driven primarily by TV MSM news.
The average MSM TV news consumer is on Medicare.
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That same generation has screwed so many other countries, including Germany, France, Spain Canada and UK. They have somehow engraved deep in their minds that the left is better, regardless of policies, results, economic mayhem or any other fact based conclusion.
Facts are a mere construct, truth is what they say it is and they've rewritten history to justify their present grievance. Chronic whining isn't an occupation so someone is funding these cretins to be disruptive and destructive.
If it has anything to do with Trump the Dems will find takers. May be these protestors have a part time job protesting. Remember BLM? Another excuse to burn buildings and bitch. If Trump obtained world peace and prosperity there would be protestors.
If Trump promoted breathing some of them would stop.
(In the interest of full disclosure I did steal that line from another Substack but can't remember exactly which one.)
These Boomers are quickly aging out of life; and the fully vaccinated NPC's are hot on their trail. Patience cures most ills.