This. I’ve seen my share of awful people in every single age bracket. How old is that Fuentes guy, anyway? Or Richard Spencer? Same with a lot of the doofs that threw an insurrection. Many of them seem Gen Y or younger. The incels that fall for the likes of Jordan Peterson or the Elon fanbois - I don’t think too many of them fall into the “boomer” category.
Yep, most of the proud boys are young as well and I don’t hold it against those generations either. It’s the shitty people doing shitty things that we should focus on.
It’s nice to see some sanity on here for once. I’m not sure why other social media sites seem to have such issues with nuance. We have a right wing fascist nightmare in this country, and it is not as simple as a singular generation/ boomers. Many many many people in Gen. Z are falling down the alt-right pipeline, there are many conservative and alt millennials
I have also met many kind boomers that are extremely left. Generalizing to specific generational groups is just foolish and doesn’t really help solve the problem or identify it correctly.
I bet that part of the reason that boomers get so much flack is because their generation leans right in general plus and I think this is the most important aspect their age group holds and controls most of the wealth in this country. Regardless, though, it’s not as simple as a single generation is the problem
I’m not sure how accurate this chart is and it’s from 2014, but it looks like it’s not that different in ideology. R’s are less in every demographic except silent generation which would make their ages 78-95 currently. I wonder how large they would be considering covid and them not taking vaccines plus a natural dying off. Regardless, it’s the electoral college that’s saving their ass. I would like to see an up to date version of this though.
This. I’ve seen my share of awful people in every single age bracket. How old is that Fuentes guy, anyway? Or Richard Spencer? Same with a lot of the doofs that threw an insurrection. Many of them seem Gen Y or younger. The incels that fall for the likes of Jordan Peterson or the Elon fanbois - I don’t think too many of them fall into the “boomer” category.
Yep, most of the proud boys are young as well and I don’t hold it against those generations either. It’s the shitty people doing shitty things that we should focus on.
It’s nice to see some sanity on here for once. I’m not sure why other social media sites seem to have such issues with nuance. We have a right wing fascist nightmare in this country, and it is not as simple as a singular generation/ boomers. Many many many people in Gen. Z are falling down the alt-right pipeline, there are many conservative and alt millennials
I have also met many kind boomers that are extremely left. Generalizing to specific generational groups is just foolish and doesn’t really help solve the problem or identify it correctly.
I bet that part of the reason that boomers get so much flack is because their generation leans right in general plus and I think this is the most important aspect their age group holds and controls most of the wealth in this country. Regardless, though, it’s not as simple as a single generation is the problem
I’m not sure how accurate this chart is and it’s from 2014, but it looks like it’s not that different in ideology. R’s are less in every demographic except silent generation which would make their ages 78-95 currently. I wonder how large they would be considering covid and them not taking vaccines plus a natural dying off. Regardless, it’s the electoral college that’s saving their ass. I would like to see an up to date version of this though.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/30/a-different-look-at-generations-and-partisanship/
As far as boomers - yeah, I’ve known more than a few old hippie boomers in my lifetime that are/were (sadly, some have passed) progressive.