Silent Generation? Who picked that name? They spent their lives telling baby boomers what to think and do, and many, though not all, got shocked when baby boomers thought and did those things. My teachers and younger professors were mostly of that generation...
You want to know how silent that generation was? Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda, Andy Warhol, Tom Brokaw... I'd call it the Generation That Talked and Didn't Listen, even to what they themselves were saying.
My generation got stuck with Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Clinton, et al who made big successes sucking up to that silent generation.
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Date: 2019-10-22 05:02 am (UTC)You want to know how silent that generation was? Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda, Andy Warhol, Tom Brokaw... I'd call it the Generation That Talked and Didn't Listen, even to what they themselves were saying.
My generation got stuck with Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Clinton, et al who made big successes sucking up to that silent generation.