Seriously. Think about it. WHY are so many so called Snowflakes so easily triggered?
I ask why because I wonder how we got here. I wonder how much worse things might be in another 10 years. And so on. Where is this all headed?
What is a Snowflake | The Snowflake Generation?
Generation Snowflake. Snowflake is a slang term for what appears to be a generation of people who are evidently over emotional, very easily offended, quite intolerant, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.
In fact, if there’s a snowflake reading this right now, they’re very likely offended already. Just know that is not my intent. Not all of you are snowflakes.
The Collins dictionary defines a snowflake as the generation of people who became adults in the 2010s, viewed as being less resilient and more prone to taking offense than previous generations.
That would generally be those who today would be in their 20’s to late 20’s. Though I believe there are some who are in their early 30’s too.
Working backwards, the so called snowflake generation were generally born beginning in the early 1990’s.
Snowflake Generation | What Happened During Their Upbringing?
This is what I’m after. What happened? How did it happen? Why did it happen?
The average age of first-time moms during the 1990’s was about 24 years of age according to a internet search revealing data from NPR.org (Average Age Of First-Time Moms Keeps Climbing In The U.S.)
For the sake of interest, that puts the general birth dates of the 1990’s parents of that time (who themselves were ’20-somethings’) to be very late 1960’s into the decade of the 1970’s. Parents of the snowflake generation basically grew up in the 70’s and 80’s (where they formed their ‘values’ and such – some of which apparently translated to their snowflake children).
Snowflake Influencing Factors
In my estimation, a number of factors are in play. Children are essentially born with minds of mush. Environmental factors shape them into what they eventually become. That’s a generalization, but logical. So what are the factors?
Most external influence would come from a combination of the parents themselves, school, and the lifestyle of the era.
What Made Snowflakes Over-Sensitive and Easily Triggered?
I’m just guessing here. But first thing that comes to mind is being overly coddled coupled with inadequate discipline. Thus not facing and learning to deal with issues during their primary ‘forming’ years of growth.
Perhaps parents of that time spoiled their children more than previous generations? Maybe they had more money to spend on them comparatively, which lead to the kids getting what they want (perhaps more than they should)? Becoming ‘entitled’?
Political Correctness (or PC, which actually is cultural Marxism) began to become a problem in the USA during the later 1980’s and then into the 1990’s. I bring this up because the snowflake generation grew up right when all this became a ‘thing’. Today as adults they are particularly triggered by words, phrases, and ideals which rub against PC or challenge their own ideals and beliefs.
Schools, from early age through high school, and then college. Many will agree that America’s public schools and universities have become socialist indoctrination factories to varying extents. College professors lean mostly left (a well known fact) and many are actually anti-American. Kids going to these types of schools tend to come out with many triggerable indoctrinated ‘issues’.
What else? I’m curious to read the comments with your opinion.
Why do I bring this up on a preparedness blog?
Well, these people are the future of this nation. In the interim we are experiencing social and civil unrest in this country as a result of opposing views. And it’s getting worse.
In my view the situation is a high concern for the preparedness-minded. I’m confident that I see the big picture of what’s going on in this regard. There are many influencing factors that are shaping the current and future America into something that half the country doesn’t want.
As the snowflake generation lashes out against traditional American ideals, the Constitution itself, and most anyone with differing opinions, one wonders how it all began.
TDS has gone Extreme
When observing TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), I see a bunch of spoiled rotten brats who have no ability to listen, to reason, to rationally discuss. Instead, they’re angry, vindictive, and sometimes seemingly insane.
The site of a MAGA hat will send them into a rage, for example. And it’s often violent. Anything at all (and I mean ANYTHING) to do with Trump favorability is immediately met with vitriolic hate and ‘freak out’ by many of these snowflakes. It’s remarkably, frightening actually. Nuts.
Here’s one example of extreme TDS freakout (caution – viewer discretion is advised).
In closing, I’m sure that some snowflake reading this will be triggered, and probably didn’t even make it past the beginning of the article. Though that was not my intent. Not everyone in the snowflake generation is a snowflake.
I’m just curious to better understand how we got here. And what that might mean for our future.
Continue: Are Emotions Clouding Our Thinking?
An extension of PC, the participation trophy concept where nobody has to face the unpleasant reality of not being a winner plays a big part in this. They’re sheltered from adversity and never learn to deal with it. They’re unprepared to deal with the real world.
That was an interesting video, even though I did not listen to the sound.
His body language said it all to me, if he did not get his way he would throw a temper tantrum as child. His parent or parents would accommodate him to keep him passive. A spoiled child in an adult body, good grief this nation is in for down fall under this type of mentality.
I’m at home babysitting a confused 94 year old who’s wife may not get home from the hospital so I apologize for being a downer today. Praying for wisdom, finding it in the (Warning TRIGGER Word) Bible.
Why are they so easily Triggered?
1st Lack of Good Parenting Models, as evidenced by the “Snowflake” age young adults we are PROUD of. You know the ones that got that real attention from their parents and a Non-Time Out correction when they needed it. They never got to SEE in ACTION how their parents dealt with internal family issues (hiding it) and thus never developed the skills for dealing with problems in their adult life.
Cat Stevens “And the Cats in the cradle and the silver moon” is running my head right now.
2nd Near Total LACK of loving Discipline. Proverbs 13:27 says “those who love their children are careful with discipline”.
From around the time of “Doctor Spock” the concern of “Bruising the ego” of our children replaced proper correction. Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way….”
There is a need to be loving and careful when correcting a child Proverbs 23:13 “although you correct him he will not die from it but to withhold…”
Also shown in Proverbs 3:12 For whom the LORD loves, HE reproves even as a Father that corrects a Son in whom he delights”.
Correction was not to be done in anger but in mercy and justice as Jeremiah 10:24 said.
May more references as Correction is IMPORTANT to a Godly family. Even Adults need correction when they stray from the word of God. 2nd Tim 2:23-26
As part of my preps I have many dollar store bibles Mylar bagged for gifts after SHTF.
Proverbs 18:14 “Sickness a man can bear but a crushed spirit who can bear”.
Psalms 23 has been my gift to many dying friends as they passed.
Cat’s in the Cradle is Harry Chapin.
Thanks KevinH for the correction but that song is still in my heart today.
My guess is that their parents and maybe even grandparents took illegal drugs. I am older and the best thing I did was to not have children as I would have had them in the 1990s. I work with these brats (waiting until I can retire and be rid of them). At least I do not share a home with them. Now today illegal drugs or even legal ones without the advice of a physician or pharmacist for bonafide medical problems is rampant. They call them recreational drugs and wonder why they are dropping like flies with Fentanyl cut substances. All the institutions in society are infiltrated by organised crime so there is no leadership. Even the church has so many scandals that I honestly can not go there as I will be ill. One cannot even mention the term ‘high risk behavior’ such as illegal drug use, promiscuity and dangerous sexual behavior. My part of town is crawling with druggies and the cops do nothing. I just isolate myself as there is no justice for older people.
Although I don’t *wish* it, the youth needs a DEPRESSION. I’d say “Wild West”. As Ben Shapiro says: “These Snowflakes have it MADE, so they need to INVENT things to have bother them. They are BORED, and just arbitrarily CHOOSE little things to offend themselves. All the while not realizing that THEY greatly offend OTHERS – but for some reason that’s just *fine*.
They are the biggest hypocrites ever! And when they suppress others from talking, they are being Fascists! They oppress, become Tyrants, Fascists, and terrorists – while THEY speak out against oppression, tyranny, fascism, and terrorism. UN-believable.
We need a hard reset.
Unpopular opinion i know, reality can be a problem if you cant face it
Truly, a great idea. Only unpopular with a certain faction of society it has been let to run free too long. When can we start? Push the reset button now! I have already endured my rights of passage. They would be no different than the ones I would apply to the rest.
IMHO and this is shared by others.
A hard reset will result in a minor extinction event.
I see little empires springing up with local warlords in control. Until.
The invasion of third world economic refugees into western countries. The warlord empires will unite to repel these refugees.
Out of all that confusion real leaders will step up. If you are part of the PC brigade be prepared to be cut out of society.
Yep,
Harden your heart,
Know who you can trust and who you can count on
A hard reset would fix a lot of problems.
We all know how the school of hard knocks works
What happened?
Parenting happened, the modern age of do not punish your child or I will turn you into social services. If you so much as spanked a child in public for misbehavior was considered a crime unto itself.
How did it happen?
New age sociologists with the need to sell books on child rearing(never raised a child themselves). Started the indoctrination that children were fragile beings and one need to REASON with them rather than punish them. The old adage of sparing the rod, was so discouraged, how could you BEAT your child(notice the word beat). That is what was driven into the mindset of that generation and sequentially the following generations. Along with the loss of attending church with their family. No letting the church sway such young minds of mush unless it is the socialist way.
Why did it happen?
Social media! The beginning of contact via the other forms rather than face to face. Loss of family reunions, church functions, schools dropping programs referred to as ‘church or religious’ activities/holidays. No longer is it Easter Vacation but spring break, No longer is it referred to Christmas Holiday but winter break. The Why is parents were and now are to busy making that extra $$ so they can take expensive vacations, or buy their children new toys for face time on the internet. Parents then do not have pay attention to what their children are doing, and the fabric of society has and is failing.
mho & 2cents worth
Antique collector
Well said. It’s amazing the number of 2&3 year olds that have their own “smart phone “ we know people that have to put a video on in the car even if they are only going 10 minutes down the road or their kids (BRATS) will throw the biggest fit
Time after time the parents give in because it’s easier than listening to the kids throw a fit
The kids are running the house in way to many families
I agree – instead of the PARENTS running things, our Liberal society has mandated that the CHILDREN run things. MANY societies have gone through this over millenniums, and have learned. Rather than learn from it, WE have learned to “reinvent the wheel”, and now are paying a huge price. Older civilizations HAVE LEARNED, and are more stable for it.
As the climate goes in cycles (even El Niño and La Niña), so does this social structure, sadly.
The adage you referred to is biblical. Book of Proverbs. Not only does it say that sparing the rod will spoil the child. It also says that we are to bring up children in the way they are to go. And the way they are too go has been determined.
Teaching is a form of reasoning. It is appropriate to teach and reason with children so that they can learn the way they are to go. If they willfully disobey then sparing the ride will spoil the child. Snowflakes are direct evidence of this.
Many modern parents have abdicated their power to the school district. A place where far too many leftists are in control of what is fed into the minds of the child. And unfortunately place where modern parents feel helpless and are ill-equipped to make corrections, which are appropriate to the way they should go.
For what it’s worth, beatings are not educational. Spankings can be when applied appropriately and with love. The world is a place filled with reprisals and children need to learn early that such reprisals apply to them. It’s helpful that we, as parents, have the ability to moderate the severity of the reprisal so that it’s a teaching lesson rather than PTSD.
Funny you say that… I’m a 40 something, my wife is a 40 something and I have a child that is almost a 10 something… AND we just had a conversation about that very same thing. where I said “If you think that your cushy life here is soooo bad please keep up this behavior. What do you think a foster home looks like? We care about you. A foster home won’t.”
If they passed red flag laws over gun ownership, would someone suffering from TDS qualify for mental instability and lose their guns?
I think it is safe to say that if red flag laws are put in effect, those in control we’ll use them in the widest possible scope they can imagine to control firearms. Things that you and I are not smart enough to imagine Will be drummed up and applied to that law.
Red flag laws are so open-ended that if you part your hair in the middle, if you part your hair on the side, if you have straight or crooked teeth, if you have acne or clear skin, or for any other ludicrous reason at all, which could be applied to you individually, and then applied completely differently to the next person, as long as they control you, and anybody else that they want controlled.
Oh and as the cherry on top, some legislators are legislating so that even the snowflakes can shriek in point at you and that will be all that is necessary for the red flag law to be applied, and that is the end of your liberty. No further credentials would be necessary.
When the victim defines the crime and sets the punishment, rule of law no longer applies. We’re there.
Lauren— Spot on. Ever notice, there are “more” victims when chance of big payout is up?
@Chevy,
Of course not! Really? They are behaving in a perfectly normal and expected way! The official and prevailing explanation of their behavior is justified and therefore accepted as acceptable!
/sarcasm
Did you see the story about the brat that put his brand new bmw in the water because his mean mommy and daddy didn’t buy him a jaguar
DB Cooper
Yes, we did on the evening news out of KTLA. rowl over that one.
Hope they pick him up for damaging the water with the fuels out of that vehicle. Need to put him in with the BIG boys for a lesson to be learned.. but mommy & daddy will bail him out since he did not know what he was doing.
Those from the snowflake generation have an unrealistic sense of entitlement. They truly believe they DESERVE to be special. They must have their ‘wants’ met: their gadgets, good junk-food, lots of ‘attention’, etc.
This group has been programmed by public schools. They have been taught about the ‘bad words’ and ‘negativity’. They have been instructed to have deeply emotional reactions to anything (or any words or actions) that public schools determine are “no go” areas.
I wonder how many in the snowflake generation will be pumping the anti-anxiety drugs in the near future.
Speaking of public school. Mr.’s grandson goes to an inner city school in Nashville. There are 27 languages in that school and it is one of the most diverse in the nation so I read. He told me there are no more text books. The teacher prints off the lessons from online. There is no cohesiveness in many schools. Can’t have much structure with so many variable ethnic diversities.
Before I began homeschooling my granddaughter, we saw all of those photocopied sheets of paper. No textbooks ever. There were none. I began closely examining the math sheets….Common Core was not legally permitted in Virginia. But there it was…regrouping to strategize differently! There were never any source references as to where these work sheets came from. Weren’t we always taught to reference everything? lol
I ordered standardized reading textbooks for grades 3 and 4. More than 2/3 of the stories were about foreign people -in foreign lands. At that age, school children are struggling with 2 and 3 syllable American words to read, they don’t need to try and pronounce Chinese words because the story is about an old Chinese custom. What about American customs? The reading textbooks were about globalism and diversity, not about American stories or our heritage.
By grade 5, I tossed out the entire bunch of reading textbooks and we began reading books — short stories, long stories (the Rush Limbaugh Liberty series were the top favorites), poems, plays, etc. Those books were much more meaningful to her!
She moved and is now in public school again. She does not enjoy school very much, but likes having school friends, of course. Some of the courses that she is required to take are about diversity and other 21st century crap that our illustrious educators believe is more important than the 3 Rs.
Students now do not learn cursive handwriting, and they can’t read analog time, count change, or debate (debate might hurt feelings, donchaknow).
Such as it is for the next group of future snowflakes, paid for by American taxpayers…
Modern Throwback
Agree about the fun of finding curriculum
We homeschooled our son from 5th through 8th grade
We used a lot of the Boy Scout merit badge books and the local library
When he went back to public school at then end of 9th grade he tested at 1st year college level he said these kids know nothing
Quote, “I wonder how many in the snowflake generation will be pumping the anti-anxiety drugs in the near future.”
SSRI’s have been a common drug taken by many ‘mass shooters’ of late. But no one in MSM talks about that. Even though the possible side effects are well known regarding younger people.
Ken
Spot on. From previous research, every mass shooter was on this. Usually on several additional mind altering stuff too (all legal and prescribed).
They have to give it to them to control along with the flouride the ssri’s calcify the pineal gland from whence cometh the emotions.
Remember when schools started new procedures?No one failed or lost? This generation of snowflakes all got trophies and awards, never experiencing failure until they entered the real world, and were conditioned that failure wasn’t “fair”. They never experienced it, so when their Hilary lost the election and Trump won, they react like 4 year olds in a fit of rage.
When I was 4 years old my daddy took me down to his office in the county court house. I was wearing a dress with my Sunday shoes on. He was in a suit. Recall the windows being open and fans blowing because it was very warm in Jackson Tn. The secretary at the 1st desk offered me a piece of chewing gum from a green wrapper. I could not read, but knew I did not like chewing gum in the green wrapper because it burned my mouth. Wrigley’s Peppermint it was. A yellow wrapper would have a different outcome! Anyway I said, I do not like that kind and would not take the piece of gum. After we left the office I was given a scolding as we walked down the hall. Daddy told me that from now on I would take what is given to me and say thank you. He said I did not have to chew the gum, but could have waited till we got home and thrown it away. That was the 1950’s way. I have remembered this lesson all of my life. Can still see it like yesterday.
Moral of this rambling is what we are speaking of. We boomers had it better than those before us, however there was discipline. Yes Sir and No Mam were the norm. Even think of hurting a teacher, no. Worst weapon found in a school might be a switch blade. Pocket knives were ok. My last whipping happened when I was 14. With a belt! What got me in so much trouble, my mouth. Don’t recall what I said but had to be bad if my daddy whipped me. I took a lot for him to get mad at me. Am I mentally damaged because of 2 lashes? No. I didn’t raise snowflakes so there is hope! Are my grandchildren snowflakes? Not sure yet. As always it is the minority we see in the media.
Mrs USMCBG
My daughters mouth is what got her in trouble too. When she got mouthy she would lose her phone she always wanted to turn it off and I said no. We put it on the kitchen table and she could hear every time she got a message
When she had just got her driving temps she called her mom something pretty bad and I cut her temps in half,after 2 weeks she was allowed to get them again if she had the money and she had to tell them the truth if they asked what happened to them. But you know what when she was home a couple weeks ago she gave her mom and me a card thanking us for raising her right and a gift card to a steak house
Kids need parents not friends raising them
I have two boys that we are raising now 1950’s style. Oh Boy they know to behave in school. Better to be there than home with Dad under house arrest. Whoopens are a plenty when they disrespect mom or other adults.
The public schools are the biggest problem they are infested with the socialist scourge. It started while I was going to school in the 90’s. Followed up with lack of morals & disciplined upbringing by the parents. This is what creates these little puke snowflakes.
You need both systems in place to raise children. My kids go to a Christian School in combination with a 1950’s style upbringing.
My boys will be worth hundredfold of those socialist sociopath snowflakes when the time comes.
Good for you! Bravo! You have looked to the past to find an appropriate model for raising good humans. It’s true, we used to know how to do this. Not perfect, but nothing is, yet better…
When my oldest son was 14 he was quite a bit taller than me already. Standing in the kitchen one day after school I asked him to do something. He said “no”. Asked “what did you say?” He repeated the same answer, before I knew it I smacked him in the mouth. He grabbed his mouth and announced he was bleeding. I told him if he ever told me no again, he would be bleeding again. He is now 41. He never told me no once after that. I rest my case.
Miss I made it myself.
LOL. I resemble/remember a a similar situation with my mom. She told me to do something, and I made the mistake of mumbling a cuss word. She responded with a lightning quick left jab to my mouth. I was left with a hole below my lower lip, where my teeth poked thru. Lesson learned! I also remember another time when I made a slight error in judgement and she grabbed my arm and was whoopin’ me with a fly swatter. So much that that plastic “swatter” part flew off and she finished me off with the wire part! I was spinning around faster than a one legged man in an ass kickin’ contest!!!!!!
I don’t recollect my various offenses. But I can guarantee, that I earned every whoopin’ I ever got.
-The demise of the nuclear family
-Seeking money not morality
-love of self over compassion for others (true compassion, in deed, not talk)
-choosing trust in government, rather than God
-if it feels good do it
-refusing to accept responsibility for your own actions
-blame anyone or anything but yourself when you fail
-desire to find fault in others to deflect from your own failures
There’s a thousand more. If you see yourself, you might do some soul searching
Amen
IMHO snowflake people are the result of poor parenting, public school indoctrination, political correctness promotion, and apparently seclusion from real life situations. We certainly don’t want to hurt anyone’s tender little feelings or heaven forbid, be offensive to someone .
The “entitlement ” mindset is a terrible road to go down and we are down that road quite a ways already.
Our country needs a big reset of some kind to bring folks back to reality.It will be unpleasent but so is a tooth extraction.
Bluesman
Don’t forget everyone is a winner here’s your participation trophy
My son has a shirt that says
Facts don’t care about your feelings
I wish I had that shirt on when my BIL told my sister “Don’t worry about the facts! Stick to the talking points!” after she lost an argument with a *GASP* conservative.
D B,
Burn it.
Perhaps snowflakes have stayed the same and the world around them has become harsher. Everyone speaks about survival, loves guns and mass killings – they’re probably reacting as any normal person would to a world of violent preppers and survivalists.
ROFL HAHAHAHAH, oh, man, that one…HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
I literally burst out laughing! You have no idea how much I needed that!
I guess I should probably explain my continuing giggles. The snowflakes have stayed the same…since they were two years old! Oh, my. This one is going to be making me laugh for DAYS.
You sound like a snowflake yourself Lauren 🙂
Hey Roger, ya really tripped my trigger there, buddy!
Good one…but Matt’s dialogue about Bigfoot is still the #1 MSB comment-of-the-day.
I agree, plus the Bigfoot reference the other day made me laugh out loud! Wait, I’m looking out my office window right now towards the tree line. I see something! It’s pretty dagone big! Wait, what?!! What the… no, it couldn’t be?!, Oh, … it’s just a big fat turkey roaming around. Carry on…
“. . . a world of violent preppers and survivalists”, really?
– Disaster Proof,
It’s called a joke! If you can’t deal with it, take it down and pass it on.
– Papa S.
…don’t take the bait…
If the world has become harsher around the snowflake, then it has not become harsh enough. Let us increase the harshness. I am not concerned if it drives them to run off of cliffs. America will be a better place without snowflakes.
Do any of you have higher education? If so, you’d know that animals have pretty minimal compassion for any others but their own families.
Over millions of years, humans have developed compassion for others.
Reading the above is what I imagine a pack of hyenas would say if they could use the Internet. This kind of violent anti-snowflake talk is pushing evolution back millions of years and turning humans back into animals.
Nice going.
Boo frickety hoo
Compassion for the unworthy is not only immoral, but a slap to the face of the suffering virtuous.
If Reason is useless in dealing with a Snowflake, only force remains. This applies to all irrational people on Earth. When people are taught to make their emotional reactions the primary means of cognition, making their emotional flux superior to Reason, they are not only irrational, but insane.
Do not give the insane any benefit of the doubt. If they become a threat, crush them.
Roger, Speak for yourself.
When you have ignored the facts, and hunger comes to your door you will be only thinking survival. That is why those who prepare , prepare to keep what they have worked for , While you deride.
Lack of Christian morals, not being raised in a safe/loving family, and DRUGS! Not for all, but many who smoke pot on a regular basis and thus “self medicate”. Studies show that Pot and other drugs will cause people to act out violently.
Lack of Christian morals coming to light with all the Catholic church child molestation scandals. I can’t believe people permitted their children (usually a son) to stay alone with a priest. This makes even parents who grew up in the church and had no idea of what was happening, shun the church for the safety of their own kids. Or choose a Protestant church where the minister can marry a woman for his needs and not go after kids. Thankfully I never experienced child molestation by clergy but the more I hear about it, the more it makes me determined to ex-communicate myself. It makes me sick. Take Jesus out of the church and put Him into society. The more I hear of the RC church and the mafia (who deal drugs) the more disgusted I am.
Sunset years,
I’m a Christian. Not the best, I hope not the worst. I was raised a Baptist, I was set aside as a deacon in a Southern Baptist Church. My relationship with God through His Son and my Savior Jesus is one on one, the Church is just where I gather with other believers. My Salvation, my relationship with God is mine, and mine alone. Church or denomination does not control that.
I have problems with some, if not a lot, of Roman Catholic doctrine. Some of the finest people I’ve met have been Roman Catholic. I can’t see God judging them on the sins of their church leaders, rather, like me, they will be judged by their personal relationship with Him. This applies to those “priests” and other “clergy” in the Catholic church or any other denomination for that matter. Their affiliation or position with an entity will have no standing in God’s eyes, only their personal relationship with Christ. If that relationship is real, they would not have molested those children.
Sunset years, Unfortunately, allowing a pastor/priest to marry will not resolve the issue if the person is a pedofile. In fact, marrying is one way to cover their sick need. And these disgusting people operate under the cover of many different professions – not just within the Catholic Church. It is more visible there because that church has deep pockets and assets which can be attached. I believe their crime/fault is because they knew it was happening to innocents and they knowingly moved them to fresh pasture where they could pick off a few more lambs. Those in charge were just as guilty for not dealing with the issue. They do the same thing with people within the church who embezzle funds. There is no accountability.
I am a Catholic and it makes me ill and sad to know there were so many in our parish that were hurt by the church’s rampant disregard for their people. It doesn’t change how I feel about our parish community or my relationship with God.
There was a reason family members used to quietly deal with those who would harm women or children and the problem was then resolved permanently.
It’s worse in other countries.
With all due respect, I’m an American, I live in a constitutional republic that I defend. I am not the subject of a king or a queen, I am not the subject of any dictator. I am a sovereign individual. I don’t look over my shoulder at those who wish to live in other countries. I am free in my liberty is first and foremost.
If the people in other countries have it worse, then let them declare their independence and have their war. We did, it’s not lost on me, and I’m going to continue to defend what every veteran that this country has had die for.
And if the snowflakes in this country feel better about the rules and regulations of one of those other countries, let them get their passport stamped. They’ll get no quarter from me.
Beautifully stated, Tac
😎🤙🏻
TacO: we’re talking about two different things. My comment that “it’s worse in other countries” was a reference to the way a younger age group responds to similar situations, or discipline, in comparison to the way the same age group in our country responds. I’m referring to the resilience to adversity; not the economic, political situations in other countries (which I know nothing about).
To give you a specific example to which I am commenting we recently experienced an outing by a group of 10 year olds that included youths from other countries. One young boy from China had a piss fit over the most trivial requirement whereas the lads from Chicago were quite active but relatively obedient. All of them were from very wealthy families, I’m assuming because of the $2,000 tuition for a 3 week summer excursion and other evidence.
Again, to reiterate, I was not expressing compassion or sympathy for whoever in wherever country they live; but specifically to behavioral responses to life’s many situations including adversity, discipline, reality. Furthermore in observing that American youth is more resilient to such obstacles inherent in life, I dispute that youth in other countries suffer greater oppression; rather that they have been spoiled and have been morally corrupted by their socialist narcissist cultures.
Conclusion: despite the “snowflake” nature of a certain generation, it is my opinion that American youth suffer greater adversity and are much better adept at dealing with it than youth in foreign countries, specifically those of a European socialist mode.
It’s (the ‘snowflake ‘nature of the youth) worse in other countries.
Modern Throwback
Kulafarmer
TacObserver
I should’ve said it better.
The misunderstanding triggered me.
America could only be conquered from within. So, this is exactly what all this is about and what has been striven for, by our philosophical enemies, since before the end of WWII.
I believe every American child born to a Socialist, or Communist, during the 1950s and 60s, were pushed into the teaching professions, or into journalism. Why? Because I have read the classified reports from the agents assigned to monitor such people from this period of time. Just as soon as these children could begin to fill teaching jobs…they did…and, what did most of these new teachers teach? Well, they didn’t teach Math…that’s for sure.
I am certain most all of you over the age of 60 have had direct contact with several such teachers in your education. At first, just a few nutty teachers. But, as you advanced into your college years…these socialists became quite common..and the teachers, who used their WWII G.I. Bill to get their teaching degrees…and were staunchly American…retired in frustration.
When I went to University…I was not happy until I made my Socialist Professors throw something at me, after I ripped them up and down for their attempted propaganda in front of the class. I hear this is exactly what Mark Levin like to do, too.
Snowflakes are as they are…by design.
Just a few thoughts.
I was raised back in the day when if your father asked you to jump, you had better be on your way up to figuring out how high while ascending immediately, because the next thing coming was that you were going to get clobbered and scolded, then grounded. So my tolerance for snowflakes is probably similar to what my dads would have been had he lived to see them.
Since my regard for them is so low, I really have no compassion what so ever. They should feel fortunate that they don’t get stuck under my wheels. Do I sound like a jerk? I really don’t care. They don’t either, that’s the point. I’m not going to mirror their crap back to them, I’m just simply not going to tolerate it, and I’m not going to give him any quarter. Because if you give them an inch to them that’s a mile or so. So zero tolerance to snowflakes, have a nice day.
Today it is called Trump derangement syndrome. Tomorrow after Trump it will be derangement syndrome of whatever isn’t allowing them to have their way. If I am lucky and better yet if I am good, then it will be called constitutionalist derangement syndrome. Because the Constitution is a document that I intended to support and defend, and without peanut butter or salt, I intend to shove it down their throat is hard as I can push it because it is the law of the land and if they don’t like it, they can snowflake out. I hope that the tirade they throw contributes to the global warming that they worry about, and it gets warm enough that it melts them. I do not care. I have the constitution on my side, and it is over 230-year-old settled law. It is what it is if they perceive it as being evil, too bad. The Constitution is not here to let everybody have their own way. This is not a democracy. It never has been a democracy. This is a constitutional republic. We are governed by the Constitution first and foremost and above all other law. So derange away. May they find themselves on a long walk off of the short peer. DILLIGAF?
Our forefathers gave us liberty and a way to preserve it. It is precious above all else in this life. Our natural rights are defended and we need to stand up for them. We are the ones who are in the wrong of the longer we sit on our hands. We do not all have to get along. Everyone has to accept that the Constitution is the highest law the land because it is and it will be supported and defended above all else. Anybody who wants otherwise should find a different country to live in.
Socialism is not compatible with the constitution. Socialism is when the government takes control of the economic engines of our Country. There is no more personal property or a real estate. There is no more free enterprise system. There is no more self-employment. The government owns it all, and they pay us all about $10,000 a year while we work as hard as they tell us to. And in many cases that we’ll need not working very hard at all. And many things that are needful In society will go away. Just like they have every other times socialism has been tried. It does not matter if those who want to be in charge, try to frame it in any other way. There is no democracy in socialism.
As a veteran, I did not serve our country so that I could invite socialism into it after fighting for years to prevent it.
My advice? Stop tolerating this wet diaper mentality. They all scream about tolerating everything, and all that is doing is giving permission to what is ruining the country. Intolerance is good when it’s appropriate. It’s not hard to see what was once appropriate, all we need to do is look to our own history. It is not my want nor is there any requirement for me to coexist with people who want to ruin our country and our individual liberties and sovereignty (From within!). My dad would’ve said to the crybaby, shut up, or I’ll give you something to cry about. Perhaps it’s time we gave them something to cry about. A lockstep diet of constitutionalism.
Benjamin Franklin was not incorrect when he said this is a republic that we have if we can keep it. It’s precarious, and fragile. Because people can screw it up. Sound familiar? If that’s what we still want we had better get to defending that constitution. So Ken, if you could promote the constitution on your website, you might reach a lot of people who want to defend and preserve America, from the fate of the snowflakes we are all concerned about. I hope you’ll consider it.
TacOb
“Our forefathers gave us liberty and a way to preserve it“
Yes sir,,,
The biggest problem, from my point of view, is too may too afraid to do whats got to be done cause it will upset their cushy little lives.
Tick tock
The day draws neigh
– A couple of aphorisms come to mind first off; ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ is the first. the second is, ‘As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.’ I truly believe Ision is correct about this being a pre-planned event.
The sad fact is, I managed to set a snowflake off the other day just by wearing a red baseball cap that said nothing at all. When I turned to face him, his comment was, “Oh, I thought you were wearing one of those Trump hats.” Of course, I suppose I didn’t help matter any when I asked him if he knew where I could get one.
Kulafarmer, I agree with you. I do not believe there is any way to get this mess cleared up without a hard reset. I’m afraid it will eventually be “Rule .308 applies here.”
– Papa S.
Papa Smurf
Out here, I am happy to say that when meeting a friend in Wally world, don’t say I’m the guy wearing the red hat – the friend would need to approach so many people that they would be considered suspicious.
Why you ask?
When proper guidance from home, school, church, laws, … is lost, then morals and ethics mean nothing.
The undirected child throwing a temper tantrum is no different than a monkey of dog being unruly until the parent settles them down.
So, now that many in society are throwing tantrums with no repercussions we are surprised that civility is declining.
Don’t try to make sense of the condition. The only solution is a reset of our American values.
If we let the socialists continue to push for global equality because some are more successful than others in this world, we better get ready to live in that mud shack with our daily bowl of rice.
I was a public school teacher for a few years…got out before it became so rotten politically.
I do know one thing…I have helped raise 6 nieces and nephews…taught first grade….managed a home-based preschool for 6 years.
My one thought about all the events of today is …I know what I did differently years ago that isn’t seen often today(I once saw it and complimented the parent).
What is that you say??
I DON’T BARGAIN…I TELL YOU ONCE…AND THEN I DISCIPLINE YOU.
I DON’T CHANGE THE RULES.
I MAKE CLEAR THE RULES.
JJ—- you missed a big one….YOU had rules. Anyone noticed these days, if there are “rules” they change to suit the important folks/kids?
Jane…yes. You are correct. BUT, I didn’t change my rules for anyone and, hence I was not granted tenure my third year because of achievement I expected from a lazy child whose father was a member of the school board and continued making excuses for his child.
If you look into it, there are some nutritional deficiencies that can lead to some very erratic behavior.
Loss of values, and purpose, leaves them in a meaningless vacuum, thinking that life doesn’t matter.
Put yourself in their place.
Being told that their country is no good, people in it are no good, life has no meaning, and now they can decide what gender they are from one day to the next.
They know that the adults are supposed to have their act together, and learn from the adults how to have a happy, stable, and prosperous life.
We’ve kept our country from without, but not from within.
Kruchsev was right(unfortunately), they or someone will take over without firing a shot.
And, unless something changes, they could very possibly use the millennial generation to do just that.
Someone I know, who travels the length and breadth of this nation like few others do, and has argued several times in the U.S. Supreme Court is VERY concerned about the direction our country is taking. Yes, I know, and has been taking for a long time.
Yet all hope is not lost, as there are some truly great Americans that are doing what they can. Needless to say, they absolutely need our prayers.
And they have no idea that 99% or whatever percentage of the world doesn’t even think that way.
Don’t know how that fourth paragraph got on the bottom 😦
I am reading a wonderful article “Learning during my 1970s High School years” from Metallicman (referenced at FreeRepublic). It’s so enjoyable to read — I hope others search it out because the subject matter fits our discussion here.
Snowflakes are intolerant of words, ideas, and beliefs different from their own, right? Pardon me for saying so, but *some* of the replies in this thread sound rather….snowflake-ish. Who’s more intolerant of differing ideologies – the snowflakes, or the people complaining about the snowflakes? I’d say you can make a pretty strong case for both camps.
Well, that is your perogative to think that,
Ya know what they say about ignoring reality though,,,
Yea, ill go riiiight there and twist just for the hell of it
Never tolerate irrationality, or any known evil, ever. Never tolerate those promoting an arbitrary claim as fact. Never turn the other cheek. Never compromise principle. Never negotiate where the good must be decreased in favor of what is bad. Compromise only where the issue is esthetic or culinary, never ethical or Rational.
Most Socialist and Collectivist youth have had their intellects purposely damaged and are emotionally unstable. They are victims of an evil school of thought, which has been targeting them for decades. And, because their parents swallowed all the social bromides thrown at them by this evil political philosophy, which restrained them from correcting their children’s growing irrationality, they, too, are victims. Intellectually disarmed victims, who have watched their sons and daughters be intellectually mutilated by their public schooling and every form of entertainment available to them.
“Do you always think in terms of Black & White?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t you know everything is just shades of grey?”
“Don’t you know all shades of grey are created by mixtures of Black & White? If you cannot see Black & White, you will not know the shade of grey you are dealing with. If the Black is bad and the white is good, if you cannot see them…you cannot hope to look at a “grey” issue and make it a lighter shade than it is, or to eliminate the bad from it…or tell the good from the bad at all.”
“You mean you will not back down from your position?”
“Correct. As I am in no doubt of it being the proper one.”
“How can you be so certain?”
“Because all the evidence supports it and none of the evidence detracts from it, and I have no reason to doubt it.”
“But Certainty is Impossible!”
“Are you certain?”
Really good piece over on thoughtsfromfrankandfern
Very relevant to this article.
We really need to think it all through and then consider some more.
Kulafarmer, I read that same article and it was excellent. Makes you really think…
I agree that it is a combination of things. As Ken points out – we are all (to varying degrees) products of our environments. I am in my late 50’s and was raised by parents who both worked outside the house to make ends meet. I was not spoiled or coddled. No one bought me a car when I was old enough to drive. I worked part-time babysitting and then in an office while in high school. I don’t know any 20’ish year-olds who have had these life experiences. I am sure there are some out there, but they are not among my friends’ children or extended family members.
Although nearly every 20-something I know well is what I would call a “good kid”, they simply did not have the kind of childhood I did. As a result all of these kids have the same traits in their 20’s (with 2 exceptions – just 2 who are self-sufficient and practical):
– They live at home or are subsidized by their parents to live elsewhere
– They all were GIVEN a nice car when they got their drivers’ licenses
– They were all taken on lots of pricey vacations, or enjoy their parents vacation homes/condos
– 2 tried the military, both received extensive training and were good at their assignments, but washed out when they either could not take the stress of their “jobs” or did not take orders well. Both of them have been in and out of jobs since then. Neither does well under pressure or with authority.
– All of the college kids (with the 2 exceptions mentioned above) are getting degrees in fields such as liberal arts, history, communications or other majors that provide little or no hope of a good-paying job. Several sets of parents will have to postpone their retirements because they are paying or helping pay off their kids student loans (for which they co-signed).
– All of these kids had a “better” life than their parents. None of them were expected to do anything more than babysit or do yard work throughout their teens (if that). Most did not have a job during college, so they could “study”. All received “allowances” on top of their clothes, phones, cars and insurance paid, etc…
– All of these kids are glued to video games, social media, TV and cell phones, etc…
These young people were driven to school, played team sports or dabbled in the fine arts rather than work jobs after school. Many do not do laundry, cook, balance a checkbook, fix or grow things. They have few practical skills. One young adult finally made it to a trade school after his parents paid for his 4-year degree that resulted in no work… so at least he can now work with his hands and is finally able to support himself. It took him till his mid-30’s to get there, though.
The majority of the kids I know well are not grounded. Some think life is just a big playground because that is all they have known. None are tethered by shared experiences such as religious ties, military deployment or overcoming serious hardships. None struggled to save for their 1st car, their apartment (if they have one), their travels, or even their clothes. They expect to live as adults as they were raised as kids – benefiting from their parents lifestyles and earnings.
So, how can someone who has lived a short, sheltered and relatively (or completely) privileged life understand the importance of having skills, passion, direction and stick-to-itiveness. Add in what they learned in school about personal rights like free speech (say what you want but not listen to others if you don’t want to) and Bernie’s ideas of free “stuff”. They don’t really understand why we have the 2nd Amendment, or what a repressive/socailist government really looks like, or why having a strong moral code is vital. They do have a good grasp on MLK and civil rights, LGBTQ causes, the importance of “medical” pot, and birth control. They tend to believe what they see on their phones, laptops and TV’s.
Is it any wonder so many people in their 20’s (at least in the big cities and suburbs) are easily upset by the real world… by real world problems, disputes, struggles and hardships? Most of these kids are products of their combination of upbringing, education and lives of ease. Their parents have done them no favors by letting them live such easy childhoods. And if I even tip-toe around any of these concepts with these parents, I am immediately told that I do not understand, because I do not have kids of my own.
SoCalGal, you have just described exactly what I experienced with my (now) ex-wife and how she raised her kids (my second marriage)…The children from my first marriage, where both parents stressed accountability and character graduated tops in their class and are successful and disciplined in their careers (Army Special Forces and a certified physical therapist). The stepson of wife #2 is still living in fantasyland and working in hollywood. I would say more but you absolutely nailed it. It’s nice to not feel alone.
I am sorry but the overall down fall of America began long ago. Greatest Generation was the last good generation. Every generation since then has displayed snowflake tendencies, ya that is right Baby Boomers that includes you….talk about a triggering generation. Sure the generations have been getting worse….I wonder why.
That being said overgeneralizing generations of people is always a losing argument. Better to focus on individuals and not entire groups of people. There are good people in all of the generations…
Keeper said, “There are good people in all of the generations…”
You are absolutely correct! We have some nieces and nephews in that generation who have turned out well.
Sometimes over-generalizing is appropriate for discussing a general problem. And you’re right, focusing down to individuals really gets to the roots of it – for that individual.
A lot of this refusal to accept personal responsibility stems from the GOALS OF COMMUNISM OF 1963 read to congress by Congressman Albert S. Herlong. Jr. from Florida.
Many of these goals have been accomplished and entail the destruction of the family unit and intrusion of government.
Good information for all to read to understand even in the 50s, communism was rearing its ugly head.
Google(startpage)it.
I came from an upper middle class family. Parents tried hard to turn us into little ladies and gentlemen. The success rate was…well south of 100%.
I deliberately chose a harder path for myself. Working my way through college while I was in my 20’s. I have a relative who did much the same as I did because she did not like her parents. We came out OK largely due to several factors:
We are both religious and to greater or lesser degree, we followed the teachings within the Bible to the best of our abilities. We are not perfect. Perfection is a work in progress.
We are selective about the people we hang out with. Life is too short to hang out with bone heads and if you are working your way through college as a Nursing Assistant or a Police Officer, time is too precious to hang out with losers that will get you into trouble.
Even in college, there are pockets of conservative thinking to be found within the “Ivory Tower” of University education. This may be why I eventually gravitated toward and ended up with a degree in Economics. ( the best instructors were the ones that had careers outside the university teaching posts. the university job was a side-gig. Not a tenure track.)
I remember not making smart decisions in my 20’s. I also remember others both in and outside my family that made dumber decisions than I did.
I try to remember this as I train my new employee replacements at my place of work. I am thinking of retirement within a number of years. Snowflakes or normal people, somebody has got to carry the ball when I leave the field one day.
As I sometimes tell my trainees: “You have 5 minutes to cry. After that, wash your face and get yourself back in the game/on the floor because we still got work to do.” Snowflakes will quit right there. A surprising number of young people I train will be back with me after 5 minutes.
I value toughness and tenacity more than many other character traits in my advanced years these days.
– Calirefugee,
I spent 9+ years working in a general population/High Security Texas prison infirmary. I vividly remember the day I walked in the front gate sally port (A short, double-gated walk) with a newly minted guard about to report for his first day of work. The tower controls the gates electronically. We walked though the first gate, the gate clanged shut. I kept going on through, the erstwhile new guard (Still had the package creases in his shirt) turned around and went back to the parking lot. The front gate guard told me at lunch he turned in all his new uniforms and left the parking lot. The sound of the gate crashing shut scared him and the guard didn’t think he would be able to get credit for the pants the guy was wearing.
– Papa S.
– Just FWIW, it appeared he was a 20-something
– Papa
I’ve worked in prisons. Very uncomfortable environment. It’s definitely not for everyone.
I agree with you about not hanging out with losers or trouble makers. By losers I do not mean the kid who has to take a summer school math class and uses it to benefit him/her. I mean kids who are delinquent, do drugs, etc. Thankfully in my day, parents actually told their children what they thought of certain friends or classmates and the dichotomy of a good influence vs a bad influence was advice to be taken. It was OK to tell your child or teen ‘I do not want you to hang out with so and so or to have him/her over or go to his/her house’. It was done discreetly however but this moral roof existed in order to build a foundation for a naive youth. I recall several conversations ‘I do not want you to spend time with X’. It was blunt and to the point and explanations and rationales were given. Kids need this guidance to stay out of trouble.
I was speaking with a younger gentlemen (probably early 20s) shortly after Trump was elected. He was saying he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to continue with his college courses and couldn’t focus on his part time job because Trump was causing too much stress in his life. Honestly it took everything in my power not to slap him upside the head. I’m a firm believer in it being the effect of parenting. My wife and I are both 36 years old which unfortunately I believe may technically make us both millennials. We’ve both been working since we were 15, had hard ass parents and I believe we are both pretty well rounded people. I have a great relationship with my parents and when I tell some people my mother would smack my brothers and I around when we deserved it they look at me like she should be locked up. My wife is a teacher and she can point out the kids that have 0 discipline and are coddled at home just based on the way they act. As Ken mentioned not sure when this parenting style took a turn? I have friends my age that have kids that had hard ass parents, and are strict with their kids. I also have friends my age that had hard ass parents and let their kids run a muck. I also think social media and all the fake/frivolous/glorified garbage on the internet plays into it. All in all just scary to think the snowflakes could potentially be running the country someday (think we already see it starting with some off these young, far leftists in congress unfortunately).
It started with the Baby Boomers.
The Baby Boomers were the free everything and casual everything. They’re the ones that wanted socialist education (paid for by taxes) but as soon as they became miserable antiques they started unfunding education and redirected it to what they want. Like free prescription drugs on Medicare.
We wouldn’t have a prescription drug problem if the Baby Boomers hadn’t allowed direct to consumer marketing. Think about that for a moment.
The Baby Boomers are just butthurt that what they created has taken over. And it is changing from what they want. As they age out of relevance and into nursing homes to be a drain on society because they were too incompetent and/or too uncaring to save for their Q-tip years they will continue to say how great everything was when they were young whipper-snappers.
Do not fret, every generation has felt this way and every generation will feel that way until there are no more.
pinky
Most “boomers” I know have a good work ethic. Put in their years on the promise that they could save for their retirement with a reasonable interest on their savings for the retirement years. Who took that future independence and threw it in the garbage with near zero interest rates?
Who pushed for the free stuff like medicare and drugs. The socialist labor unions. We were just too trusting and did not put a stop to the welfare train – now it is too late.
Trust that government, corporations, unions, educators, … were moral and had the interests of the citizens of this country foremost, which was a lie and has led to our own downfall. So, take your recriminations of an entire generation and …..
Hermit,,,
Boomers, have built MOST of what is around today, they also have paid in the most to all the programs, SS, medi, etc, damn right i want what i put in back, rather me get it than some snot nosed puke who is all self riteous deriding those who have worked so hard to build stuff…
You know all this but it gripes me when ignorant people troll folks like this,,,
Got stuff to do, this boomer is busy,
pinky
ROWL–you are so very misguided.
But thanks for the laughter anyway.
Wow. As one of those baby boomers…..wow. Please don’t plan on camping on MY doorstep when you need assistance.
Wow,,,
You are one ignorant piece of work,,,
More likely than not,
You would not be alive if it werent for a boomer, nor would you be employed,,,
pinky, you are so full of it your eyes are brown!
From my perspective as a pushing 50 year old southern born and raised white male, there is some truth in what Pinky’s saying. The direct to consumer med marketing is interesting to consider, but I especially agree with the ending sentence – “every generation has felt this way and every generation will feel that way until there are no more.”
@Stan
Nice catch! You saw what I did there.
Everyone blames everyone else. Everyone complains about someone not doing it “their way” when they vehemently believe “their way” is the best way.
I picked some pain points specifically for the Baby Boomers to see if they would fall for it.
I still believe that the Baby Boomers were the first selfish generation in the US, but every generation seems to be getting closer to perfect selfishness. Some might call it an empathy shortage instead but the result is the same.
In the end, humans are crappy. Someday we will build a machine that will agree and take care of our crappiness.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy
42.
Pinky, not sure why you feel the boomers created Medicare as Johnson did that in ‘65. The direct to consumer change was ‘96. Don’t see either as being created by boomers.
Yes, every generation feels their children’s generation as a whole is not cutting the mustard.
Just heard a 30 something declare he would vote for Biden so his loans would be forgiven. He said nothing of the fact that he could have gone free for two year to our local college based on his HS grades and then gone on to an excellent state school thirty miles away for half of what he paid. He chose to pay $40 per year for his education. Many times, the people that cause the issues are the ones not willing to be held accountable for their own actions.
When Medicare finally started existing was when the Baby Boomers were voting. It’d been around since WWII.
All the changes to Medicare were while Baby Boomers were the voting majority and they were voting for themselves.
The Baby Boomers were big on education in the 70s through the mid-90s. Now education is underfunded but they get sweet Part D benefits as of 2006.
Direct to consumer prescription drug marketing was whose idea? The Millennials that couldn’t drive? The Generation Z that were still an itch in their Dad’s Generation X pants?
Who was it that destroyed the pension and workplace loyalty?
I went to college at a fairly expensive place. Learned a lot. Paid a lot because my parents were/are more blue collar than you can imagine. It earned me the opportunity to have people from Generation Z to Baby Boomers call me the boss.
Do not fret. There are more Millennials in the workforce today than everyone else combined. I’m sure they will continue where the Baby Boomers left off. Except the Millennials will probably let immigrants in because Millennials don’t want to wipe Baby Boomer butts for $11/hr.
Pinky what did you mean here?
“When Medicare finally started existing was when the Baby Boomers were voting. It’d been around since WWII.”
I spend less than 10 seconds asking Google about this. Lynden B Johnson signed Medicare into Existence in 1965. Last time I read about it, WW2 was over in Sept 2nd 1945. So as far as I can tell your comment is pure gibberish?
What is the point to your posts? Just proving how well Educated you are with your lack of basic easily Google’d facts?
@me2
Truman, 1945. He is the one that asked for what became Medicare. It was being actively worked on for 20 years before it was signed into law in 1965… Which was about the time the first of the Baby Boomers could vote for it.
I am only a green belt in Google-Fu.
Pinky,
Don’t know why this became a point of contention, that is, what age group of folks is responsible for the advent of medicare. Don’t really care, but I do care about accuracy when folks start shooting arrows.
You contend, seemingly, that baby boomers are responsible (blame?), because it came about when they came of voting age. Sorry friend, this is not true.
Baby boomers, by definition, are folks born after 1946. They would not become eligible to vote until their birthday in 1967. Medicare became law in 1965, just shy of 2 years before a single “boomer” could vote. Since the constitutional age requirement for congress or senate is age 30, it’s safe to say not a single baby boomer was responsible for it’s advent. They neither voted for any congress person, senator, or president responsible for it becoming law. Nor could they, themselves, been in any of those law making positions.
After 1967, at least until 1975, approximately 1/2 the “boomers” could have given a flying flip about healthcare. They were occupied with how they were going to deal with Viet Nam.
You might make the argument that “boomer” had some input in changes after it was passed, if you believe that was the impetus behind who they voted to represent them.
No charge for today’s civics lesson.
Dennis,
Something else to consider,
Apple started and conceived by boomers
Microsoft started and conceived by boomers
Google started and conceived by boomers
Just about every single blog you or I or anyone else reads that has any useful information like Kens site here or JWR or Daisy, even AJ at InfoW, all boomers,
Every person i deal with during the course of business and every business i deal with was started by, is owned by and primarily patronized by boomers.
We as a group, have contributed more to current society as a whole than any group other than the folks responsible for the Industrial revolution! We have also contributed more in $ to all those programs like SS, medicare, etc than any who have come after, but they want their free ride so want us to go away in spite of the fact that their free ride will come at our expense.
Dennis,
Another boomer,
Jeff Bezos
Wonder if he did anything noteable,,,,,
Pinky, you’re just jealous because the Baby Boomer generation gave the world THE BEST MUSIC EVER.
PS I seem to recall this same rant written over and over again, ad infinitum, at SHTF Plan about 4 years ago…..Damn, buddy. Can’t you add to your content and spice it up a bit?
You’re talking about Motown, correct? If so, I agree.
SHTFnoplan is a bit commercial for me. Do not and have not bothered to read anything there let alone comment there.
I found a background check website that collects data from nearly everyone with a good or bad reputation based on behavior with the laws, credit worthiness, and trust. I found out more about my family who didn’t want me to know. The snowflake generation and those who bore them have bad or poor reputations, secrets of their arrests, jail time, criminal behavior, liens and bankruptcies combined. It all started somewhere. I already knew they were socialist democrat parents of these snowflakes, but somewhere in the system their reputations are still judged as bad or poor. If it was run by the main stream socialist media, they all would have great scores and reputations.
Spoiled brats. Little princesses and little princes that have been protected from life’s disappointments from day 1. Grown up with no ability to manage frustration, no understanding that sometimes the answer is NO, no capacity for dealing with personal failure or failed expectations, no space to allow that sometimes you lose. Thinking that any perceived slight or philosophical disagreement is a personal attack, that anyone different is not to be welcomed as a guest but treated as an enemy, claiming to celebrate diversity but actually demanding goose-stepping sameness from all.
Snowflakes are in every generation; met some in my mother’s and mine as well. Had a colleague who, after the 2016 election results were announced, was practically catatonic for days with stunned disappointment. She’d been unpleasant to conservatives before but became downright mean afterwards.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is dangerous. I must admit that in the darkest part of my soul I am sardonically pleased at how many of these self-entitled allow The Donald to live in their heads rent-free all the time.
But they are lashing out. I agree with D’Souza that they largely control the megaphone (entertainment, academia, and the MSM). But they are now nonstop punitively abusive, with their speech, legislation, lawsuits, and lies. That are becoming physically destructive of property, people’s lives, families, livelihoods, and health.
As mentioned in a previous comment a while back we’ve been fighting off the totalitarians at the ballot box for a century now. We can’t stop, and must be prepared should the libsiders continue to escalate the rhetoric and the violence. Each following own conscience, working toward a greater degree of self-reliance, securing own safety. Hoping almost against hope that my fears are unfounded.
Agree they are in every generation. Many of my siblings are classic examples and they are all 60+. Some of my children and grandchildren as well….AND I RAISED THEM! Hard to say what the wrecking influence is/was except individual personality and expectations. Never ceases to amaze me.
Agree we need to remain self reliant and ever vigilant. One can not really see the future, but the few glimpses I have had recently do not look pretty. Hang in.
There are a LOT of young people out there that detest snowflakes- they don’t get much press though, for obvious reasons. For example, you might check out the Chive. Mostly young people that support the military and contribute millions to charity. The site is not political, they just want it to be a place where they can have irreverent fun and post “hotness, humor, and humanity” lol. ( Be advised that some of the content is NSFW – “not safe for work”. Also you may laugh alot at the content, be grossed- out occasionally, and waste valuable time on the site…)
Hey Pioneer Woman
Used to be we were dominant influence in child’s life. Time spent with family, in social settings (church, scouts, sports, 4H) was reinforced at school where teachers and admins were part of the community and shared its values. We could control how much time our kids spent with friends, watching tv, on the phone. Not anymore unless we are able to really buck the system. Now school, entertainment, and social media tend to dominate.
Is NRP still here?
Chevy:
Yeah, lurking for now, have Shingles in my eye, light is hard on the eyes for now, but getting better.
NRP
Glad you’re still with us TP buddy. Love to Blue.
Anony Mee;
Thanks for the remembrance. HAHAHA
Poor old Blue is in as bad as shape as I am, he has the dog equivalent of a torn ACL. He goes under the knife next week.
Aint one thing its another
NRP
I do miss Roseanne Roseannadanna.
Praying for you NRP.
There are some outstanding young Americans.
For instance, Young America’s Foundation,
Young Americans for Liberty, etc.
The Ronald Reagan Ranch has a wonderful program for young Americans.
Many Christian schools, and home schools turn out some very outstanding young people. For which we can be extremely thankful.
Counterbalancing irrational generalizations as mentioned earlier.
NRP
Sorry to hear you still have the shingles, an understand the irritation that they are causing you. Hope you recover soon, miss your funny posting.
Give Blue a hug from us. Darn a torn ligament in his leg, that baby needs to stop jumping up to greet you.
NRP,
Jeez! You and Blue are quite the pair right now! Shingles in the eye (among other places) sounds just awful… hope you are getting better and hope Blue’s surgery goes well and that he heals quickly. Looking forward to seeing you back here when you are feeling better… take care!
So sorry! I had them in my ear, so not fun. Take care!
NRP,
Just saw your post. Shingles in the eye… man oh man that’s BAD!
I know you’re in pain, I’m so sorry.
Poor baby Blue 🙁
Sending good thoughts and wishes your way for speedy recoveries! And hugs 🙂
luv ya’ll, Beach’n
I was pleased to see that others have caught on to the drift of my earlier posting that “Snowflakes” among us is not a new trend.
I was also pleased to see that many on this site are pointing out that there are good people among the louder and more visible snowflakes out there.
I try my best not be distracted by the loud and vocal minority and I look for the quiet people going to work or trade school/apprenticeship programs out there most every day.
My hope is that the ratio of quiet workers will exceed that of the loud and highly visible within the U.S. in the future as it has been so in the past. Working with the younger generation and training them gives me hope and sustains my faith.
My best in thoughts and prayers go out to Peanut Gallery and NRP this week. I am sorry for your losses and wish you and your loved ones a speedy recovery for the ill ones and my condolences for those who have lost a loved one.
I have found it interesting how there have been a number of angry responses by presumably a few of the snowflake generation in the comment section here. Was not my intent (to trigger them).
I’ve had to trash a number of comments too, due to being purely non-productive and angry, retaliatory. That’s not part of our TOS. A heated discussion is fine, and even encouraged when there are issues that are passionate. A discourse. Debate.
Anyway, we’ve had lots of comments so far. It’s obviously a trigger topic 😉
Ken,
I’m TRIGGERED at MYSELF for MISSING THIS ARTICLE AND THREAD! 🙂
I think that the parents of these puswad snowflakes need head-slapped or throat-punched because of the crappy job they did raising these little idiots!
I was on a plane recently and brought along a RECON magazine and was catching up on firearm and equipment reviews. The young snowflake next to me actually asked me to put away the magazine, it was offensive to her! WTF?
I smiled and said No. She called the flight attendant and asked to move, sorry, no available seats! I laughed out loud and the flight attendant actually smiled and winked at me a couple of times throughout the flight!
But the snowflake situation is sad.
They are particularly especially programmed to “trigger” on anything to do with the inanimate object known as a firearm. Pictures too.
Ken, and all yall,,
Heres something i was wondering,
Is this phenomenon a loud and noisy minority spotlighted by a media that is trying to drive an agenda? I mean we hear about this stuff, and read about it, but in reality, these are just a minute fractional sampling of the overall population, and in reality ammounts to people with little to no self restraint nor class, manners, or sense of place and time for everything.
The only reason we see anything about it is because somebody caught it on their phone or covered it for some obscure news rag. Then got picked up by a bigger platform and spread.
I know a lot of younger people who are definitely NOT snowflakes, i do however know a lot of older people who should know better but for lack of any real reason other than they are far left looney toons piss and moan about every idiotic cause under the sun, but they are still, a miniscule minority. And somehow these types do outrageous stuff so they somehow get a spotlight.
So to some degree i feel we more have a media problem first, then we have the temper tantrum idiot problem exacerbated by too much media.
Was just a thought.
Eh, when I was back in the Army, we did assessments…90 attrition rate of all snowflakes regardless of age within the first year… So, something to look forward too. At least we don’t have to waste the planets resources for the Darwin awards…
NRP, I am getting close to your TP stash number 🙂
I saw a kid actually do this a while back. They were doing a lemonade stand, all standing out there smiling and trying to get people to the side of the road to buy their lemonade. A truck passed without slowing. One of the kids had an absolute meltdown, screaming at the driver, literally stomping his foot and waving his fist. I could tell he was hamming it, but it doesn’t matter. I walked over there and read him the riot act about what I would do if a business owner or employee acted like that in a real store. He was just making faces and laughing at me, but I could see the other kids absorbing it. Especially the one who is serious about making his own money.
What they learn as appropriate behavior as children is what they will take with them into adulthood, unfortunately. This kid’s siblings behave the same, and their parents dismiss it as “just being kids.”
Lauren you are spot on.
Had a boss once that would clench her fists and literally stomp her feet at you if she was unhappy with an answer from advisors. That three year old playing dress up tea party with her dollies had absolutely no idea how to work with let alone manage professional adults.
That’s Gen Z for you. I wonder what will happen when Gen Z grows up into their 30’s? “He called me stupid! Arrest him!” I blame the PC’s and Liberal’s “no place for hate-accept everyone-rainbows and unicorn farts will save the world, etc”
No place for hate UNLESS you wrongspeak, or wrongthink, or have wrongfun. Then it’s game on and no holds barred.
JBL, its called He called me stupid so I’m gonna SWAT him. (Red Flag Laws)
I grew up in the 50s and 60s, and stayed mostly out of trouble.The reason for that was twofold.I was afraid of my dad and the Sisters of Saint Dominic.Im sure some of you know exactly what I mean.
I learned discipline in the military,and the value of a good work ethic.
If you make it to adulthood,does it really matter if there are a few ass kickings along the way??