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It is also a common political dismissal by the uninformed young, some of whom assume that "boomers" are too morally & politically corrupt to have valid political opinions. Most often used by self-rightous young leftists. Even if the phrase itself were merely descriptive, making the broad assumption that someone "must be a Baby Boomer" because he holds a particular political opinion is offensive in itself, as well as intellectually lazy. Hell, it doesn't even come up to the level of lazy. jd On 3/27/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm sorry, Joe, but I don't understand why "baby > boomer" is insulting. It's common parlance among those > who are baby boomers and those who are not. > > Candice > > > > --- Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > "Darren must be another Baby Boomer." > > > > This is insulting and makes a broad generalization > > about a very large group > > of people. It also does not reply to Darren's post, > > but makes a snide > > allusion to a stereotype. Pray you avoid such things > > in the future. Your > > remark is as unfounded in reality & as unsupported > > by evidence as Darren > > King's defense of the indefensible. > > > > [And lest anyone be confused, I am posting here as a > > member of this > > community, not as a list manager.] > > > > -- > > Joseph Duemer > > Professor of Humanities > > Clarkson University > > [sharpsand.net] > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > -- Joseph Duemer Professor of Humanities Clarkson University [sharpsand.net]