Thanks Boomer

James Peron
Nov 6 · 2 min read

There seems to be a new attack on people similar to attacking them for being gay, or being African-American; it is to dismiss and insult them for being Boomers. Well, many of those doing so are ignorant of history and as the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words.

1969, riots against police repression at Stonewall.
Thanks Boomers!

Left: lunch counter protests against segregation in the 60s. Thanks Boomers.

Freedom Riders head south to protest racism. Thanks Boomers!
Anti-war protests in the 60s. Thanks Boomers!
Anti-draft protests lead to ending conscription. Thanks Boomers!
A student libertarian movement begins. Thanks Boomers.
1969 march for woman’s rights. Thanks Boomers.
1970 Reproductive Freedom rally. Thanks Boomers.
Free speech protest. Thanks Boomers.
First Pride parade 1970. Thanks Boomers.

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James Peron is the president of the Moorfield Storey Institute, was the founding editor of Esteem a LGBT publication in South Africa under apartheid.

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