vagina

vagina wrote

Not a single comment arguing that it is so I'll give it a go. I don't think it's "punching up" at all. I find it to be arrogant, dismissive, and entirely hypocritical. A generation isn't a unifying force. People who happen to be born at the same time have only superficial things in common, like taste in music or appreciation for a certain style of design or architecture. Baby boomers do not share a collective socio-political identity; there were plenty of conservative boomers in the 60s and 70s and just as many lefty boomers trying to fight against capitalism and war these days.

One key point is that "ok boomer" need not be a slur in order to be problematic language. It is ridiculous ageist nonsense. It unnecessarily divides us up when we should be finding commonalities. The fact that older people hold power is nothing new and does not even remotely apply to this generation; the baby boomers clashed with their own parents. Anyone who uses the term boomer as a pejorative insult is not worth listening to.

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vagina wrote

Reply to comment by !deleted8445 in Wow. by ziq

If you call evicting people "making Oakland great again" then you are demanding to be accosted.

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vagina wrote

This is good to keep in mind but it's largely irrelevant to the bigger picture. Bernie Sanders is a movement backed candidate and will be, as Chomsky called FDR, a sympathetic president. Our job is to organize within and around the movement and help build a truly mass movement that will not only force Bernie's hand but all politicians and move through reform and beyond into legitimate class struggle. We can do this but we need to be involved with this movement. It's as real as it gets.

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