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[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I think that's mostly the case, I know most of the quorums of religious institutions (like here in utah with mormons) are doddering old men in their 80s - I think the're more from the generation that came before boomers. I know a lot of boomers, and not many of them have any religious leanings.

[–] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@tygerprints @Lanky_Pomegranate530 @CaptainSpaceman
There seems to be a trend of generating hate & prejudice between generations recently. Just blame all the ills of the world on previous or subsequent generations.
Imagine the outrage if comments made about generations were made about races or LGBT people.
If you were born into the life of the target of your hate, would you be so different?
We need more empathy & reasoned dialog in the world, not mindless division.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate that. I've had a lot of scorn heaped on my head for being a "Boomer," as if it was sacriligious of me to pick being born in the 50s - surprisingly, I had very little say in it.

And I personally don't see that I did anything to make the world worse, beyond just living my life the way every one else did. Did I support oil and gas extraction? Well I drove a car - as a kid I never even thought about such things.

Did I help pollute the earth? I came from a family of human consumers so I'm sure I did. I'm not saying we don't deserve our share of blame.

Yes I'm an older person but I worked hard and did my best in life, I don't know more I could do. I never engaged in fighting or war with other people or hurt anyone, if I could help it.

I have a spotless driving record, not even a citation. But no one says, "thank you for being a safe driver," all i get are scornful comments like, "whaddya want, a metal?" "Who cares."

You can be a good and contributing tax payer your whole life, and someone who has always treated others with respect and acted carefully, and yet still be the target of total scorn and unreasonable hate just because of the generation you came from.

[–] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

@tygerprints @Lanky_Pomegranate530 @CaptainSpaceman
Well said. I'm from '64 so a very young boomer but strangely my younger brother is Gen X ???

Say what you want about boomers but they were the first en masse to:

  1. Reject mainstream religion.
  2. Stand up for the environment.
  3. Address animal suffering.
  4. Stop using violence to discipline children.
  5. Take steps against racism.
  6. Establish women's rights.
  7. Recognise alternative sexualities.
  8. Improve the workplace.
  9. Resist unjust war.