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So while i'm was facepalming over what I perceived as profound ignorance I thought to ask how old she was. She never answered.
But if people supported them why didn't they speak their mind then? Were there just not enough or did people just not discuss it out of fear or discomfort?
whenI look in the mirror, i realize i am a product of it -all- not just one thing or another but ALL of that had to happen for me to be...well me, here, alive and posting on ATS.
that hit me all at once the other day and that's epically deep!
Without them i would probably not exist. I realize that their work and sacrifice may not be fully appreciated by a lot of my generation but they are appreciated by me.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: Bluesma
That said, my own upbringing was far from not being a plethora of hypocrisy. From very traditional conservative Victorian values, my maternal family attended 4 churches every Sunday as children and can recite plenty of the bible. As a child I was told daily about ''boys being better than girls'', (they aren't) and constant attempts at enforcing subservience (I have a strong character and will always refuse that), to the point I was being violently attacked regularly and expected not to defend, all in the name of 'male dominance' (and probably evil and hatred of other females).
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
Though I guess not all boomers are like that, most I know of are rather traditional and mostly always were, though they thought nothing of wearing the shortest skirts and being hedonistic in the 60's.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
For example gayness, having worked in catering management for years in my 20's and hearing the awful experiences and behaviour of gay waiters, that were always attention seeking, out to shock etc, they seen everything through a crazy gay lens and constantly told the rest of the staff details about their exploits. I realised that the gay scene they were part of is far from okay, a blight on society. I won't give details but really unethical and disgusting. I only learned that from experience. I don't hate gay people or consider myself anti gay but those gay men I knew of weren't mentally stable, mincing around calling themselves 'queens' using a fake style of voice and constantly attention seeking is not the behaviour of rational people. It is an observation, I don't expect everyone to agree but it is an example of evolving opinions based on experience. There are a lot of things my opinions have evolved on since being more informed. It isn't hypocritical, just human nature.
The PC brigade attempt at banning generalisations is very silly and hypocritical