the whole “i used to be a teen who hated authority only to grow up to become the authority that hates teens” is a bad bad thing that practically every other generation has fallen into and we all need to make an extremely conscious effort not to repeat the fucking pattern
Studies have shown that the shift starts to happen around age 30. If you’re close to that, make a conscious effort to be open to and accepting of younger people. I’m 31 and paying close attention to how I react to young people and new trends and shit and trying to keep myself from developing those thought patterns.
I actually think most people who tell this story fall into a kind of
“I was a spoiled rich teen that never fought the system and felt superior to everyone but I burned some trash cans when I was drunk so clearly I was a rebel and now I am an adult rich person who romanticizes his ‘rebel days’ while still looking down on everyone.”
Like, most irritanting ignorant conservatives were ignorant shit conservatives then, they just didn’t know it yet or they forgot because pretending you had ‘rebel days’ is more fun.
QueerAnarchism 