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In reply to the discussion: The Generation Gap on DU is real [View all]
JI7
(89,290 posts)65. They aren't seeing any crisis if they are complaining about people being mean
Dealing with climate change involves changes in lifestyle.
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In the most stereotypical and demeaning way possible. Deriding those who have posted about health
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#22
We haven't been to a walk-in talkie since covid. Mostly takeout or drive-through-talkie these days. n/t
Bongo Prophet
Sep 2023
#326
I find your OP exceedingly inaccurat on all counts. But most especially the bit that any accusation of Climate Terrorists would have been promoted.
msfiddlestix
Sep 2023
#204
I agree about the OP causing a division. She is doing exactly what she accuses others of doing.
debm55
Sep 2023
#190
I've been treated harshly when even softly posting about the benefits to the planet of a plant based diet.
MLAA
Sep 2023
#98
I agree with you. Sorry about that, but one response here and there does not a trend make.
paleotn
Sep 2023
#121
I finished Engineering school in 82 with only $6,000 of student loans and that was when
MLAA
Sep 2023
#196
I have to agree with you; I have seen certain comments get harshly ridiculed
peacebuzzard
Sep 2023
#189
You saw "a post." That doesn't make it representative of anyone other than that person. nt
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#257
It's amazing how the years pile up if you stick around. I recall my shock when I realized
Hekate
Sep 2023
#80
I really think most people on DU, young or old are behind doing something about climate.
Srkdqltr
Sep 2023
#11
I'm confused. Are you talking about DU's attention to these issues? Elucidate, please.
Hekate
Sep 2023
#90
You may have noticed that DU is not the MSM, nor are we terribly impressed with them
Hekate
Sep 2023
#208
This illustrates why I try not to engage with you. Where were you when I was marching
Hekate
Sep 2023
#230
You accuse others here of being nothing but "freedom fighters in pajamas" or keyboard activists?
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#263
I'm going to ignore this tirade as I have NOT advocated "doing nothing but respond to culture wars
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#407
Don't forget the deliberate "let them die" genocide of countless people with AIDS.
keopeli
Sep 2023
#34
Ahh, another newb who has no grasp of history, no understanding of that which came before, yet
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#88
"As the Jackson Free Press reported, John Salter, a professor at Tougaloo College, was sitting
betsuni
Sep 2023
#207
you are free to post about items conditions that interest you. But you come across as self righteous
debm55
Sep 2023
#223
Boomers weren't responsible for the Climate Crises. That's on the so-called Greatest Generation
Cetacea
Sep 2023
#112
The progressive Boomers on DU shouldn't be blamed for actions taken by Republican Boomers
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#373
The thing about a generation is that it is an ARBITRARY grouping of people by age.
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#415
Right, a majority of boomers did vote for Trump. But you've been dumping on progressive Boomers
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#371
Where in the article does it state that a majority of boomers voted for trump?
sheshe2
Sep 2023
#242
You think all Boomers are the same? People like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#248
+1 Efforts to divide generations for 2024, I recently saw 2 boomers & millennials headlines.
appalachiablue
Sep 2023
#123
This is one of the most divisive posts I've ever seen on DU. That "gap" is only real in your mind.
keopeli
Sep 2023
#47
I say that because you show you clearly know NO history and simply stereotype everyone else.
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#67
So, ONLY YOU are? You assume none of the rest of us are and simply come to scold us all.
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#82
There is a lot you don't see and a lot of history and even current events you apparently don't know
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#92
You have told us a lot about yourself through your ill-informed attitudes and attacks on many here.
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#107
Such divisiveness is not worth mine or anyone's further time and none here are deserving of your
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#122
Classic belligerence towards others who very likely welcomed you to DU when you first registered.
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#143
Okay, now I agree, definitely. It was the suggestion that DU is ignoring the climate I took poorly.
keopeli
Sep 2023
#218
Please provide just one of the 'many DU posts' saying Jimmy Carter was full of it.
sinkingfeeling
Sep 2023
#152
"...I have seen many DU posts saying he--" President Carter--"was full of it."
thucythucy
Sep 2023
#194
I've been here a lot longer than you have and I've seen nothing but praise for Jimmy Carter.
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#250
How kind of you to respond to my opinion. Thank you. I'm sorry you seem to have completely missed
keopeli
Sep 2023
#120
You do realize 'Boomers' are not the only demographic on DU, in the Democratic Party, or
sinkingfeeling
Sep 2023
#161
Interesting take. I'm an "old boomer" who doesn't see what you see on DU. I see a group of
LoisB
Sep 2023
#61
Bravo! From a fellow Gen X gay texan traveller. I confirm everything you said, only it was worse!
keopeli
Sep 2023
#222
Okay, if you say so. When DU was founded, I recall a group of experienced resisters...
Hekate
Sep 2023
#68
Yup. Isis and the Taliban agree with you, as they blow up 5,000 year old creations
Hekate
Sep 2023
#83
Exactly! The DU Founders were quite young, and Will Pitt was a great asset here, ...
Hekate
Sep 2023
#217
I remember posting celebratory threads from two regular DUers when they graduated from high school
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2023
#247
That is a very mature attitude vercetti. I choose to believe that OP & some posts are the anomaly
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#160
Cool. This boomer gives monthly to David Hogg's SuperPAC, donates to Maxwell Frost,
ancianita
Sep 2023
#114
Right. Operating under the Democratic Party big tent, there's little to no gap in political goals.
ancianita
Sep 2023
#311
If you are over 25 and still living with your parents/grandparents, GET A HAIRCUT, GET A JOB!
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Sep 2023
#126
LOL What we got here is old people lamenting the youngin generation, old as time, lol
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Sep 2023
#390
Agreed, and the younger generation has the most to loose and the most misery to suffer
c-rational
Sep 2023
#135
"...young climate change activists are referred to as terrorists or stupid and selfish here."
LudwigPastorius
Sep 2023
#140
If old people see climate activists as "terrorists or stupid and selfish", you young people are
Autumn
Sep 2023
#166
There are hardly any regular posters here under 30, and even moving the range up to 40
Celerity
Sep 2023
#246
I'm hardly obessing over it, and I don't need you to tell me what what online groups I should choose
Celerity
Sep 2023
#251
Because I feel as though I have something to offer and because I learn many things here.
Celerity
Sep 2023
#261
An American classmate of mine's (at one of my unis in the UK) father just had 128K usd in student
Celerity
Sep 2023
#281
There has been more than a little pushback to it from certain quarters here on DU, pushback
Celerity
Sep 2023
#313
You expanded your reply to me via 2 further edits as I typed. I only replied to the first short one
Celerity
Sep 2023
#322
Thank you for your posts here, Celerity. Student loan debt is a very important issue,
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#340
Brenda, I think the salient point is to not stereotype to the degree possible.
waterwatcher123
Sep 2023
#179
My OP of Sept. 20, Biden Unveiling The American Climate Corps. There was no news
appalachiablue
Sep 2023
#182
We are weighted pretty heavily to an older demo, but I value immensely younger contributors.
Maru Kitteh
Sep 2023
#201
I'm in the middle, a Gen Xer that isn't thrilled with both generations (before and after) mine
Polybius
Sep 2023
#212
"Believe me, those attitudes will not gain you one single vote from young people."
betsuni
Sep 2023
#225
The generation thing is bs anyways because old non whites vote democratic more than young whites
JI7
Sep 2023
#226
So? The Boomers on DU are in an age group that predominantly votes Republican AND YET
pnwmom
Sep 2023
#240
I get what you are attempting but suggesting the older here are not concerned with climate change
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#264
Brenda, while you have seemingly left your own thread rather than respond to the many comments...
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#266
It sounds like the lack of interest in your posts and inability to abide by TOS is a you problem
tritsofme
Sep 2023
#275
I didn't see the posts you reference, so there was no opportunity for me to ignore them.
tritsofme
Sep 2023
#303
Brenda, you're complaining that "climate discussions are rare" - but you've been on DU
highplainsdem
Sep 2023
#278
Yikes, makes this OP even more ridiculous, something I didn't think possible.
tritsofme
Sep 2023
#320
Her most recent post was 10 minutes after my post here, and apparently a
highplainsdem
Sep 2023
#379
Me, too! 65 next August. As an IT Analyst, I work with tons of young folks, recent college
Ziggysmom
Sep 2023
#308
Ok. Auto-trash "surgery" and "Medicare" and skip the "How Do I Turn On the Computer" threads
dalton99a
Sep 2023
#306
Gap, but not a disconnect. Constantly bridged, though present. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2023
#327
DU has the same rules for everyone. They also have enough topics to cover just about everything one
housecat
Sep 2023
#328
Well, I've got kids and grandkids, so the climate crisis is my prime concern anymore.
calimary
Sep 2023
#332
Culture: Those things about our lives and societies that pass down generation to generation
Model35mech
Sep 2023
#376
I'm 71 and I constantly post about the threat of climate change, Black Lives Matter (they
Martin68
Sep 2023
#380
400 responses!!! We have a winner, ladies and gentleman!! Great post!! I'm a boomer.
EarnestPutz
Sep 2023
#401
Still no examples of young climate change activists being referred to as terrorists?
ShazzieB
Sep 2023
#418
Bullshit on that. The concern was the tactic, not the cause. Putting priceless art at risk most
hlthe2b
Sep 2023
#449
