Identity Dixie: Why Generation X Probably Hates You

Padraig Martin gets it.

Identity Dixie:

“If you are like me, born between 1965 – 1980, you belong to Generation X.  There are some defining characteristics of my generational cohort, largely due to how and when we were raised.  Those characteristics make us distinct from the narcissistic Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964) and their pathetic weakling offspring, Millennials (1981-1996).  Let’s start from the beginning …

For American Boomers, the messaging was slightly different in a country that had only recently introduced large scale social welfare benefits: if you want a better world for everyone, then freedom from hunger, freedom from war, and freedom from privation must transcend freedoms of religion and the right to own guns.  For both groups, however, cultural Marxism gained traction in film, music, academia, and nearly everywhere else: discard antiquated notions of morality and serve your personal desires. The latter notion is where things got unhinged.

Coming out of their wild younger years, Boomers suddenly had their first round of children – Generation X.  Recognizing that they had to pay the bills, the Boomers began discarding their bell bottoms for business suits.  But now Boomers – many of whom were raised to venerate themselves – faced a cultural disintegration that previous generations never faced.  Women in the workforce chose between motherhood and professional achievement.  Divorce, abortion, and abandonment became hallmarks of the early years within which Gen-X was raised by a selfish Boomer generation.  Even more conservative societies, like those found in the South, were not immune to the seismic shift in cultural norms. …”

Tucker Carlson was one of these kids.

He was abandoned by his mother who was a San Francisco hippie.