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A Message To Millennials

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Kurt Schlichter expresses his gratitude:

I have been told that being hard on you Millennials will turn you against conservatism, that I should offer you a positive, hopeful message that avoids the touchy problem of your manifest stupidity.

No. There’s no sugar-coating it – your votes for Democrats have ensured that you are the first generation in American history that will fail to exceed what their parents attained. Embracing liberalism was a stupid thing to do, done for the stupidest of reasons, and I will now let you subsidize my affluent lifestyle without a shred of guilt.

I’m a 48 year old trial lawyer living on the coast in California – I should have “Hope and Change” tattooed on my glutes. I’d have an excuse to be lib-curious, but you Millennials? Why do you support an ideology that pillages you to pay-off Democrat constituencies? Your time in the indoctrination factories of academia trained you in a form of “critical thinking” that is neither. Somehow, you came to embrace the bizarre notion that conservatives are psychotic Jesus freaks who want to Footloosisze America into a land of mandatory Sunday school and no dancing.

But liberals, in contrast, are nice. Obama is cool. You chose petty fascism with a smile. Not a lot of thought went into it. Facts, evidence – these were mere distractions from the feelings-based validation that came from rejecting us wicked conservatives.

What did you get? The chance to be forced to buy health insurance you don’t want at inflated rates so my rates can be lower. You get to pay more out of your monthly barista take – liberalism ensured that the tanked job market foreclosed a real career – so that I get to pay less out of my lawyer checks. Thanks, suckers.

RTWT.

[Update a few minutes later]

Hey, remember back in 2008, when Barack was going to make government cool again?

Idiots.

9 thoughts on “A Message To Millennials”

  2. As pre-boomer I’d like to express my gratitude to all gainfully employed people for continuing to fund my lavish SS income in addition to the generous contributions you’re making to my health insurance.
    And, Kurt, I doubt you’ll be as lucky as I and have all the dollars you’ve saved still worth, on average, 30% of their original value. Mark Steyn is an optimist compared to the reality ahead.

  3. This is the key phrase right here:

    Your time in the indoctrination factories of academia trained you in a form of “critical thinking” that is neither.

    I can hardly blame young people for something that was done *to* them. I’m much more pissed at liberals my own age who ought to be old enough to know better.

    I like the letter, though. It’s an example of “tough love”.

    I’ve read Strauss & Howe’s “The Fourth Turning”. Keep an eye on those Millennials. They may end up surprising us.

    You can’t paint entire generations with a broad brush. Every generation has its good and bad eggs. Some of the Baby Boomers fought in Vietnam, and then were spit on by other Baby Boomers when they got home.

    1. The thing I really liked about The Fourth Turning is that no matter which generation you are a part of, that book will help you understand what makes other generations tick. It’s good for all ages.

    1. Better than the polls predicted. The margin of victory was pretty thin, especially when you factor in the 6% of the vote that went to a Democrat-front “libertarian” candidate. Of course, two can play at that game. Look for some Green Party candidates to get funding for coming races against Democrats.

  6. Somehow, you came to embrace the bizarre notion that conservatives are psychotic Jesus freaks

    I’m sure, People like this maybe had something to do with it.

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