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[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Black, gay and also incidentally TOTAL FUCKING IDIOT.

Or perhaps he’s just reeeeeally into being abused. Really gets off on humiliation from a particular section of white boomers and their inbred single-digit IQ MAGA offspring.

Just to note that not all white boomers are MAGA. My dad, a white boomer, though heavily fucked with dementia now, was a solid left-wing Democratic his whole life.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For sure not all boomers are conservatives, the ones that are close to me (including my parents) are all left wing and very progressive and none of them have an easy comfortable life or a big pension!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah my mom was a die hard liberal our only political conflicts were that I’m an eco focused communist and she wanted a country just a bit left of what Obama campaigned on.

And it’s not even based on wealth every time. I’ve met boomers who drifted left as they got older and wealthier until they just started adopting their kids’ queer friends who had been rejected by their parents.

The question really comes down to whether or not they’re comfortable with the world changing and that people are different from them.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep, people without empathy exist in all generations, an empathetic boomer that sees their grandkids' future getting fucked won't be leaning right!

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A lot of these kind of people often let (or even request) you to call them by slurs, often as an attempt to get bonus points from the far-right.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Weird. Takes all sorts I guess.