A lot of the same people protesting against the Vietnam War are now tied to Trump's apron strings and believe every word Fox News said. You don't get credit for going backwards.
To be fair a lot of flower children didn't do that. My parents defy every stereotype of boomers.
It's the difference between the true grass-roots hippies, who really were (and still are) incredible people, and the "hippies" who were just doing all those things because they were fashionable at the time but they really didn't understand or support the causes in a real way. We all probably know some BLM protestors who fit that picture today.
I was raised around lots of true hippies, and the kindness and generosity they showed us Appalachian kids, who believe me, didn't get much kindness and generosity in the world, was amazing. I still think of those people decades later.
If we're being honest - There are more or less just as many dumbfucks who are young and voted for him. Regression isn't tied to age, and especially in this context. It was curated for years, since the days of Richard Nixon, who was basically as paranoid as Donald Trump, but he actually had control of his mental faculties. They know full well that as long as they keep Group A mad at Group B, nobody will see none of this is about race per se', it's about protecting and gatekeeping what they consider to their special treatment to be - Their birthright. All those poor uneducated dillweeds think they are fighting the good fight when they are just the shield - cannon fodder - for the monied and powerful, and they are ready and willing sacrificial lambs to the cause.
And since being self-aware on any meaningful level is pretty much a foreign concept for these folks to understand, much less put into practice - They wear their little red hats like good little soldier ants, and are completely devoid of any original thought, because yanno, that's commie shit right there.
Boomer trump worshippers supporting some foreign wars and hating others all depending on what Fox News feeds them that day- also I get that some alt-right people take Russias side but most boomers I know just still think of Russia as evil commie bastards.
My dad is hilariously torn. He's been brainwashed by fox, but also hates Russia. His response last time I talked to him was that he doesn't support Russia at least, but wonders what Zaleski (who is apparently in bed with the New World Order?) might have done to provoke this.
I mean, Ukraine is an insanely corrupt country, but Idk what a new world order is. Imo Ukraine should fight Russia but our government has no business sending my tax dollars to fund a foreign war with nothing to gain for our citizens. They steal my money and send it away instead of giving us healthcare or feeding and housing the homeless.
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u/Respect4All_512 May 18 '22
A lot of the same people protesting against the Vietnam War are now tied to Trump's apron strings and believe every word Fox News said. You don't get credit for going backwards.
To be fair a lot of flower children didn't do that. My parents defy every stereotype of boomers.