Bryan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: #103
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> David Schanoes wrote:
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> > Huh? Does this include African-American baby-boomers? Or don't they
count?
> >
> > What a bunch of crap. History based on advertising demographics....
> >
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> If I remember correctly, almost all the catch phrases (such as "baby
> boomers") used to describe the '60s (then and now) were coined by
> _Time_.
>
> I can understand why people who weren't around in the '60s would swallow
> the cliches, but so do (and did) many of the people who were around
> then.
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> And notice, those who like to use the term "baby boomers" are for the
> most part reactionary in their politics. This love of political cliches
> which are grounded in pop psychology from the mass media is strange to
> say the least.
>
> "Baby boomers" was a stupid phrase when it was coined, and it is still a
> mindless phrase. I hope no one using it has the nerve to talk about
> dogmatism and left jargon.
>
> Carrol
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