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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:00 PM Original message |
This Boomer bad vs Boomer Good debate is stereotyping at its stupidest |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup, I agree. I really have nothing in common with the boomers born in the |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "Nothing in common"? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. LOL, okay, "few things in common with many of them.." n/t |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Completely agree. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I was born in 1962 |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. +1 |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's because these generational identifiers... |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. What you said ;-) |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it is only human to try and find something or someone to blame |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Recommend |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mass media tyrants created both the generational stereotype and the red/blue state sterotype. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. +100 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Grrrrr |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. i disagree. i dont think baby boomers did or didnt do anything. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I guess you had to be there |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. but not all boomers are your age. nt |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No, not all boomers are old as dirt |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. But the boomers came of age during a period of tremendous social change |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yeah the decade was a typo. though if you insist on awarding a generation |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I agree with you on that. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. The boomer generation is in large part defined by its activism |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. The baby boomer era does not cover 4 decades - it covers 2. |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, I think you're great and right! Good to see you here, |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Agree! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Agree. Generational stereotyping IS stupid......... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. we have these threads because the ptb are interested in dividing people. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is it because the boomers sometimes get criticized on DU, |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Divide and conquer. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. "more likely to like lady gaga than metallica |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. ... |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Answer... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. well said. nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. If people will stop imagining that all Gen X'ers spent the 80s listening to hair metal |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. just because other people stereotype doesnt mean you should as well. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And if I did, that statement might apply to me. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. Recommended. nt |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. You know has someone who really liked Metallica in Middle School and still doesn't like Lady GaGa |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Deleted message |
LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. hater? |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. See, now here is the funny thing... |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Do you have any insight into how asinine your post is? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. i see my post went totally over your head. nt |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's wrong to stereotype people and there's nothing wrong with boomers. Young people just need to |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm supposedly a "boomer" |
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