So a while ago someone here interrogated that line, didn't save the comment. A lot of civil rights leaders were actually silent generation. The ones who were boomers were generally elder boomers. When millennials complain about boomers they're complaining about people their parents age, who were kids during the civil rights movement and were adults in the 80. That demo is reactionary as fuck, Reagan won the youth vote, pretty much the only time a Republican did.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Leadership was largely Silent and Great Generation, but a lot of people doing work on the ground were Boomers. Most of the Freedom Riders were Boomers. Most of the Panthers were Boomers. The core contributors of 2nd. Wave Feminism were Boomers.

Reagan is an outlier. He didn't win just the Boomer vote, he won the vote across the board. Minnesota is the only state that didn't vote to reelect him. He took all 49 other states in a complete landslide. 42% of women, 91% of black people, and 54% of union members still voted against him. So the point still stands. The old white guy yelling at you is not the same person as the black woman who was in the BPP.

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Why did everyone love this demon?