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There are a lot of videos on TicTok regarding Boomers, basically ripping into Boomers for being selfish. Now technically I am a Boomer (Gen Jones) but I don't take offence, and reply that lumping everyone together doesn't solve the issue and that I can find many Boomers who fought against the actions that got us to this point.
I also did a lot of reflection, what more could I have done? My conclusion, I could have been a whole lot harder on the Reagan Repubs, the USA/USA chanters. Will it piss some of them off, hell yes! (Being retired helps) But I will be God Damned if I am going to let some asshole who pulled the Patriotism shit during Iraq only to come back twenty years later and say the war was a mistake. I will be God Damned if some trickle down, protector of the billionaire class is going to spout bullshit that is proven to be wrong. They need to be called out for their ignorance.
Anyone over 60 has been an adult when a Repub Admin pulled this same b.s., start a war, crash the economy and it has occurred three times.
When I was in college the local weekly paper had an article on the "liberal bias" in media. (mid 1980s) I will always remember one line. "Movies involving major events usually occur about 15 to 20 years after the event." (Writer speculated that any sooner makes the issue too raw and impacts funding/approval) The writer then ended with, 'it isn't a media bias, it is that Republicans are so fucking wrong that an accurate portrayal of history makes them look bad."
Don't let them overwhelm you, tell them they are so fucking provably wrong, use examples through their entire adult lives. I am at the point of not trying to persuade them, I am letting them know that I have zero interest in their latest round of bullshit talking points that have done nothing to make America great.
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