> Can we pick on an overpraised generation instead?
> Like the WW II gang? What was so great about
> them, really? All they ever do is whine about how
> things were so much better during the days of
> depression and war.
Aw, come on. My own grandfather (not a socialist or any kind of radical, but class-conscious, white-ethnic, Catholic Democrat), who saw plenty of actual combat in places like Okinawa, hates Tom Brokaw's tripe about "the greatest generation." He says: "I didn't think we were anything special." He's especially peeved that Bush the Elder featured prominently in Brokaw's inanities, saying: "George Bush and I didn't come from the same generation. He went to Yale, and I went to Sandy High School."
I'm sure there are plenty of regular folks like that who see through the nostalgic crap. And by the way, many of the big-talkers from that generation who are trotted out on TV these days were the ones who were never on the front lines. A familiar pattern, no?
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