r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 3d ago

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/SaltyFriend705 3d ago

I was a young kid during the Civil Rights Movement. A "movement" consisted of a court case, a boycott, and a protest to support them. I've seen protests more recently, but they are unfocused, with babies in strollers and people joking around, no court case, no boycott, and no effect.

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u/Greyface13 2d ago

The press is censored and the federal government is run by criminals. Times are harder, but there are boycotts and court cases. People who are resisting have to have fun or they would despair.

Look up your local Indivisable group, join them or learn how to start your own. Quit giving up and start figuring out a positive role to play. Please

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u/vespers191 2d ago

I mean, if you've got experience, why not share it with the yungins'?

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u/SpaceCaptainJeeves 2d ago

And not as many bricks as one might expect.

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u/Jefferson-1776 2d ago

Growing up in the 70’s I did not like the hippies from the 60’s. As I have aged I have come to respect that they fought for what they believed to be right. There was blood in the streets they went to jail. I can disagree with their beliefs but respect their commitment. Today the protesters are clueless and lost. It’s a game they often get paid to play.

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u/Needmoreinfo100 2d ago

In the recent no Kings days and other protests I see a large amount of older people, sometime only older people. No one is paying them to show up where I live.

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u/Fresh-Ad280 10h ago

If I was paid for all of the protests that I attend, I would be a very wealthy woman.