Reply #61: No. Gen X was never a generation of slackers. [View All]

[freethought]

I'm the very tip of the spear of that generation. Gen X turned out to be a very dynamic workforce, well educated and highly computer/technology literate. But what you don't hear out of Generation X any more is "Die Yuppie Scum". There are those in Gen X that are making the yuppie culture of the 80s look like bushwhackers. Gen X maybe cynical about a great deal of many issues but we're not slackers.

Whiny? That's one I would agree with. When things don't go as we would like Gen X can get pretty whiny.

You're correct in one respect that I am making a generalization on a certain generation. There are those who have remained faithful to the message that came out of the 60s. But one thing that cannot be denied was the shift in political landscape during the late 70s and most who grew up during the 60s we're caught up in it.

Most of the people I know who thought Reagan was great during his two terms now kind of look back on it and say to themselves "My God! What was I thinking?". I still know a few people who think Reagan could walk on water. Then again these are the type of people who need to take anti-depressant drugs if their neighbor or co-worker buys a car nicer than their own.

I am sorry to hear about your father. My own father passed last year. It is hard to imagine losing a parent at such a young age.