I don't think people understand how much exposure I have to the "trump boomers"...

Yes I have beef. Not with boomers, I know plenty of chill boomers. My issue is with maga boomers, and I have every right.

I'm constantly surrounded. Living by the beach and a popular retirement/vacation spot, guess who the only demographic is that can afford to live here? Maga boomers. Privileged, self centered, me first, eff you and the planet maga boomers. Making my daily life nearly impossible.

Who is the only ones coming in my work slamming their fists because we're missing their size?

Who is clogging up the healthcare system and destroying the economy so nobody but them can get support? Then telling single moms on Medicaid to fix it?

They raised their kids to be bigots, racists and elitists, then that generation passed it on. And now those kid's kids, are picking on my son because he actually has and uses his brain, because he has feelings.

Yes, I do believe responsibility is owed by elders.

My boomer parents died when I was in my 30's.

My mom was a free thinking, stand up against racism, end separatism, preserve the environment boomer. An artist and an advocate for anyone and anything who needed a hand.

My dad was a trump boomer. Abusively entitled, some bs leader at his church, while he broke, bullied and belittled nearly everything around him. His motives were always self and he'd go to any lengths to look good and avoid blame.

I am who I am mostly because of my mom. I realized early on in life that there was a big difference between my parents who divorced when I was three. My mom pretty much raised me alone and every time I saw my dad I got physically hurt and berated to the point it destroyed my self worth.

There is a difference. There is a responsibility.

If my son were to go to school and hurt someone, they would not blame everyone else in the building, they would call me. And understandably so, I am responsible for him. I would not be offended because others weren't blamed.

Also, because I brought him into this world, my responsibility does not end with him, it extends to the world that he will grow up in. I care about local and global issues. (My mom taught me to speak up. My dad told me to shut up.) My Mom was right and I care. I will do everything I am able (even though I am a spec of dust) to leave the planet and humanity better and fair for the next generation. It is not my son's, or any other child's responsibility to fix a mess I left.

My point is, it seems the trump/maga boomers don't care what they destroy. They don't care what they leave behind. They don't want to be blamed, as they are doing things that hurt the world. If you can look at trump and believe he cares about the future of mankind you are having the same delusions.

As the world's elders, there is responsibility.

If you want power, you have a responsibility to everyone your decisions touch.

I have no power. I have become a cog in the system that serves the wealthy.

So yeah, I have thoughts. And because of my bad ass boomer Mom, I have the courage to care and to speak up.

I speak for children and nature. I speak for the silent and oppressed. I speak for the indigenous who were slaughtered. Yes I do feel a slight shame for my ancestors, I wish I could correct what was done, and I make every effort to be accountable for generations of people who decided eff it, not my problem. It's called, caring what happens for the future of mankind. Because we are still in this dumb shit mess. Racism, sexism, all these issues still exist, so that means things still need to be fixed.

I'm not going to throw my hands in the air and say leave me out of it, I didn't have anything to do with it. I don't give up like that. I can't magically fix things, and I don't expect my son's generation to fix lifetimes of mistakes.

If those of us that want change truly want it, we have to fight for it, TOGETHER. I read MLK Jr's books. By the end of his era he understood peace wasn't always the answer. Asking for it nicely without stepping on toes doesn't make people do the right thing for you. Humankind is not new to corruption and oppression. We keep making the same dumb, selfish mistakes.

I'm not hung up on the who is who. I don't have anyone to blame, my boomer parents have been gone for years now. I'm over it. I'm saying we're all accountable, we're all sharing this planet. Clearly there are certain demographics that don't care, and I'm not skating around it so I don't step on toes.

I was afraid of my dad. Walking on eggshells and people pleasing my young adult life away so he would love and approve of me. He left me with nothing but a mess...

I will not do this to my son.

Children are the way to change, they are the future.

And I steadfastly mean it when I say, it's the elders responsibility to set them up for success. And even moreso in this crumbling world.

If you don't care and can't stop thinking it's all about you, just go sit down. Don't stand in my way. I'm here for the children and the planet. My elders let me down over and over until I parted ways with them for my own sanity. Something went wrong and I will not be shamed for having integrity.

I'm not asking anyone to be ashamed. I'm calling my brothers and sisters, the people who understand we are all flesh and blood, of every age, race, gender and background, to stop bickering about personal offenses and start looking at the bigger picture. Even if we don't agree perfectly. Are we really going to bicker with each other while the dbags in power destroy everything?

Again, if you're done and don't want to deal with the world around you, go sit down. But I'll not be made to feel like a ding dong because I have the courage, curiosity and cleverness to observe and form thoughts and try to come up with solutions.

My actions start with me. I don't feel bad because I recognize the difference between inspiration and oppression.

I'm here for all the people who ever felt belittled. Not to speak so universally my words miss the mark.