I Am From The Millennial Generation

I am sick to the point of screaming of Millennials getting blamed for everything. We've become the scapegoat for every problem in America and I hate it. We're told that we're lazy, selfish, obsessed with phones, only care about ourselves, and I'm done holding my tongue. I'm giving my rebuttal to every accusation I've heard hurled at my generation, and will probably add more as they continue to be flung at me.

"You expect everything handed to you because of participation trophies!" Well it was Boomers and Gen X who raised us and gave us those participation trophies.

"You're glued to your smartphone!" And you watch eight hours of TV everyday, so I fail to see the difference.

"When I was your age, I had a mortgage, a wife, two kids, and supported it all on my own!" Times change, and we can't provide for a family on a security guard or mailman salary like you did.

"You need to grow up!" We have grown up, the youngest a Millennial can be is 25.

"You're being disrespectful!" Says the person who blamed me for every problem in the world.

"The world is messed up because of your generation!" The last time I checked it was Boomers and Gen X who hold the vast majority of the power in America, not Millennials.

"You're killing the (whatever) industry by not buying (product)!" If that industry can't figure out a way to get us buying it, then it should fail.

"You care more about the environment than you do about people having jobs!" Yes, generally speaking we do, and that's a good thing to me.