SandyinAnaheim
Brilliant_Rock
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Back in March, when Covid was coinciding with Spring Break and school closures, I saw a broadcast of a young female in Florida talking about how Covid was affecting older people and ruining young people's fun who had worked so hard through school to enjoy Spring Break. She said something to the effect of how she wished all the old people would die so the young people could enjoy their lives and not have to suffer through the restraints being placed upon them due to the pandemic and the implications for older people in the population.
Somewhere around mid-March, the term Boomer Remover was coined. At that time, I had never heard anyone say such a thing and must admit that I was shocked, especially coming from a female. I tried REALLY hard to find a clip of her, but wading through nearly 3 months of video clips from various news sources proved to be an insurmountable task for me with my limited free time, otherwise I would have posted it.
Fast forward to this week, and on my NextDoor app, we got a sudden influx of new "youngsters" who made similar comments as it relates to protesting. There was more than one person posting that they wished the older generation was gone so that "woke" young people could live a happy and peaceful life without racism and injustice. That the older generation were the racists and didn't want any change in the status quo; older people were dying so young people are suffering the consequences of being locked down when they have a far greater chance of surviving the virus. I would post the comments, but it got so heated that the thread was pulled.
I am not a Boomer, or a parent, but I'm close enough in age for these twits to group me with them. At what point in time did today's teenagers and college-aged kids become so hateful that they would want their parents and grandparents dead??? I don't get it! So many cultures on the planet revere their elders. That respect is a sign of an evolved society. IMHO this is a breakdown of family values, because that's where children learn about values. WTF has happened to our youth, which is SUPPOSED to be our future?? And now that the education system is broken, what in the world will happen to the rest of us in the future once these non-empathetic idiots are the ones in control ?
Somewhere around mid-March, the term Boomer Remover was coined. At that time, I had never heard anyone say such a thing and must admit that I was shocked, especially coming from a female. I tried REALLY hard to find a clip of her, but wading through nearly 3 months of video clips from various news sources proved to be an insurmountable task for me with my limited free time, otherwise I would have posted it.
Fast forward to this week, and on my NextDoor app, we got a sudden influx of new "youngsters" who made similar comments as it relates to protesting. There was more than one person posting that they wished the older generation was gone so that "woke" young people could live a happy and peaceful life without racism and injustice. That the older generation were the racists and didn't want any change in the status quo; older people were dying so young people are suffering the consequences of being locked down when they have a far greater chance of surviving the virus. I would post the comments, but it got so heated that the thread was pulled.
I am not a Boomer, or a parent, but I'm close enough in age for these twits to group me with them. At what point in time did today's teenagers and college-aged kids become so hateful that they would want their parents and grandparents dead??? I don't get it! So many cultures on the planet revere their elders. That respect is a sign of an evolved society. IMHO this is a breakdown of family values, because that's where children learn about values. WTF has happened to our youth, which is SUPPOSED to be our future?? And now that the education system is broken, what in the world will happen to the rest of us in the future once these non-empathetic idiots are the ones in control ?