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Here we go again, focus on the class of people who did this, not an entire generation. That would be like saying all millennials are school shooters. All generations got out of college and thought they were doing good while the millionaire/billionaire class widdled away at everyone's rights so they could make more money and pay less taxes.
“Egads! A short, simple joke that isn’t 100% fair to every party mentioned! Instead of enjoying the obviously oversimplified gag, I better write an exasperating comment!”
Know who else generalizes huge groups of people and defends themselves with "it was just a joke"? Racists. Homophobes. Transphobes. That the company you wanna keep?
Wow, I had no idea that making fun of boomers is the same as transphobia. Thank you for blessing me with your wisdom
It's not the same. But using a line out of the transphobes' playbook is a really fucking bad look.
I mean, legally it is in the US at least. Our age discrimination protections are only for 40+ people. I'm 40+, but I still feel like that's an absolutely unacceptable limitation on protections. I can legally refuse to hire somebody under 30 "because they're stupid millenial kids" but not a gen-X "because they're entitled"