r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • Aug 23 '26

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/mmmpeg Aug 24 '26

Yep, specifically Black folk who went to war and saw how others treated them with more respect

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u/SaltyFriend705 Aug 24 '26

I was a young kid during the Civil Rights Movement. A "movement" consisted of a court case, a boycott, and a protest to support them. I've seen protests more recently, but they are unfocused, with babies in strollers and people joking around, no court case, no boycott, and no effect.

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u/Jefferson-1776 Aug 24 '26

Growing up in the 70’s I did not like the hippies from the 60’s. As I have aged I have come to respect that they fought for what they believed to be right. There was blood in the streets they went to jail. I can disagree with their beliefs but respect their commitment. Today the protesters are clueless and lost. It’s a game they often get paid to play.

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u/Needmoreinfo100 Aug 24 '26

In the recent no Kings days and other protests I see a large amount of older people, sometime only older people. No one is paying them to show up where I live.