Every generation thinks the previous generation fucked everything up for them.
Boomers had to deal with pollution, ozone holes, Love Canal, etc. Who came up with Earth Day? Who cleaned up the litter from highways, "landfills" in rivers? Boomers. The "Great Generation" left us a shit world!
Every generation thinks the following generation consists of asshats. You should have seen what was said about "us" on the news when we were having Woodstock, Summer of Love, sit-ins to protest the war. etc.
Every hear of Kent State? See what "they" did to "us."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
Every government likes any kind of divisiveness. Nothing better for any government than a people with an "us against them" mindset. Perhaps Jesus would have set this guy straight, but then again, maybe he would have set you straight.
Most enshrined in academia are super liberal. If you want to be divisive, you should point out the relevant line of politics rather than taking the easier and completely arbitrary ageist position.
@sda To me the biggest issue with Boomers is that they act like they weren't in charge. Like, if college students are turning out so bad but y'all have been college faculty members for 25 years, maybe you should step down or something.