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irisblue

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2. From the article...
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:31 AM
Nov 2019

***I got a YouWonAPrize announcement when I went to read the article.*** I went through incognito mode using adblock to read it.


Snip--"“I think a lot of boomers are actually really mad at the LGBT+ community, the POC community and the feminist community because they are feeling like they don’t have power anymore,” she explained.

“The ‘common boomers’ who don’t own corporations have fully lost their power, in that the next generation is not listening to them. They can’t manipulate or hate on people anymore without consequences.

“In their day they could simply walk away after saying the N-word or bullying someone for their sexuality. They were the kings of the land. Now it’s like you are taking away their land acre by acre and they are terrified, and in fight or flight become so hateful it’s ugly.”



I think the young woman is on to something here.

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