06-04-2022, 08:33 AM
(06-03-2022, 10:25 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: If you thought the GIs were bad about witch hunts, millennials instituted nationwide witch hunts while comprising well under 10% of the entire Congress (something like 32 house members and 1 senator). Mark my words, when they get real institutional power, they will instigate a 1st Turning purge that will make McCarthyism look like a middle school mock trial.
While we're at it, the GIs were overrated. Like the millennials, they were also a generation of witch hunters who believed in using the state to enforce autocratic social controls on people (even if there's had a more masculine polarity and were less whingy). I admire their stoic dignity and pragmatic builder mentality, but....y'all boomers rebelled for a reason.
Edit: come to think of it, I don't think I've ever heard a single boomer go into detail about their childhood. It's like trying to ask a combat vet about Vietnam or WWII. They kinda just brush it off like "oh yeah, that...", as if they weren't even born yet until the 2T.
I’m not sure what you’re thinking here. The witch hunting GIs were all on the right: McCarthy, Welch, and the rest of the Birchers, among many others. Think of Donald Trump’s ideal lawyer: Roy Cohn. What do you see today that’s even slightly similar? I see a lot of tail-end Boomers and Xers forming “militias”, but where are the dreaded Millennials?
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