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I know Gen X is the forgotten generation but please pick up a history book & look at what was happening to kids in the 80& #39;s & 90& #39;s. Gen X is a micro generation made smaller by the shootings before Columbine. The car accidents that gave you seat belt & speed laws.
So many "But why doesn& #39;t Gen X care" responses from people who think the 80& #39;s & 90& #39;s didn& #39;t happen to anyone. That super predator narrative? Go back & look at who that was applied to & ask yourself what happens when your generation dies & is jailed & no one bothers to remember
HIV/AIDS, the War on Drugs aka the war on teens especially of color, the wars that weren& #39;t declared but still fought, we were the canaries in the coal mine. And we still fought, but hi hello, we were the first ones saddled with major educational debt & we have Boomer parents
So we& #39;re sandwiched caregivers with minimal resources & repetitive trauma. And we& #39;re the survivors, but beloved we have started dying again. Cancer, heart disease (that second hand smoke in childhood bill is coming due) We are the ones who won& #39;t get to retire & we are tired.
We& #39;re frankly astonished we made it this far & we keep fighting but no, we don& #39;t care about your feelings. We can& #39;t. We have to keep the space to bury our friends who don& #39;t make it.
Also if you& #39;re reading this thread & think the perfect reply is to insist we do more? I am blocking the fuck out of you. Gen X is not the mule you ride to a better future kids.
