your are sooo right

I felt that way too. This is very applicable today.

Amen....!

You’re damn right!!

Regardless of technology some answers are still not instant

That one statement is a drop the mic moment when you really think about it

Right on

I am reading (audio book) "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo. Highly recommended. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apuVrJebzNXclYk.html

Yep. They are one or all of Anti-White, Anti-Christian, Anti-Male, Anti-Conservative.

@@alt4950 And yet for all that their opponents accuse them of, are they *wrong*? Abolitionists were similarly accused of being "anti-white" (for endorsing or at least refusing to condemn slave revolts), "anti-Christian" (for their often heterodox interpretations of Scripture), "anti-male" (more than a few held feminist views), and "anti-conservative" (as they sought to upend "traditional" Southern society, and some wanted to go further than just that.)

+jim68 they were gay lovers you know?

Harry Morgan and Jack Webb.. The original dynamic duo of TV law enforcement in the late 60s

Even more so in 2024.

sad, isn't it.

Well, like he said, it's generational. I can't think of any generation of high school/college-educated teenagers who didn't think they were "woke" and had a corner on the Universal Truth. At no time is it more evident than today. And why should we expect anything different? The kids in this *_Dragnet_* episode are now the university professors teaching today's kids -- politicians like Pelosi, Schumer, Warren -- who all came of age during the Counterculture Revolution and are now holding the levers of power. That's largely why it's generational. There's nothing quite so constant as the arrogance of youth. And no generation is immune to it.

@@briane173 i was born in '69, and we really didn't have fits over much or wanted to change the world over non-issues, and we certainly weren't out there trying to destroy america and capitalism. we were rather the partiers more than anything, more interested in an NES than protesting boondoggles and made-up first-world 'problems.' we could go watch a movie without being offended by a joke, too. good times. but, it's no wonder this generation is so depressed.

@@ryanbarker5217 I'm sure it's partly because you had the good fortune of coming of age in the 80s, which, while that decade can be considered the American ideal, is not the American reality. Politics in a constitutional republic is a messy business and the pendulum swings just about every 20 years or so; how long the country stays "depressed" depends on whether there's any quality leadership that rises to the top when things are at their worst. We had that good fortune in the 80s; having Reagan, Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II on the world stage all at once was one of those rare occasions. Since the turn of the Century the quality of leadership has been severely lacking and that's one reason why we're in the straits we're in right now. I think right now we all have a reason to be "depressed;" but you know as well as I do that this "woke" generation isn't "woke" at all, as we've had several examples of the same age group complaining about the same things every 20 years or so for the past 243 years. Webb points that out nicely here. It's not a function of how "woke" anybody is; drawing attention to that is simple arrogance. I'd like for someone out there with the maturity to say they don't have all the answers and is looking for sincere ideas on how to make things better, to SAY IT -- I don't give two shits about WHO is right, I care about WHAT is right.

@ Father knows best kiddo... Get used to it.

The reason it's always repeated is because it's always true. Wisdom only comes with age, unfortunately.

The same problems in different forms are likely gonna dog us until the world ends.

Exactly, you're one of the few that gets it.

Much of what we got from the 60s counterculture we got out of their parents' desire to make their kids' lives better, having suffered through a great depression and a world war. That would be enough to commit anyone to making a better future for their kids. But if those kids' point of reference starts from birth as having the best of everything, they'll naturally think that it's the worst of everything -- that something is wrong with it or something is missing -- because they don't have the mistakes and travails of the previous generation to compare it to. We're witnessing that now. Today's young kids look at socialism as the solution to the world's problems because to them it's something new, or something that's never been tried. Those of us from the Baby Boom generation or earlier know better, because we had a front row seat for what socialism is capable of, and it isn't pretty. I've tried to remember that today's youngsters don't have the benefit of the hindsight that we have because we've lived it and they haven't; and that in time they will reach some of the same conclusions we have -- not that the old ways are necessarily best, but that something "new" is just something old being sold to the masses in a shinier package, and ultimately leads to disappointment for the disaffected and the impatient who thought they had all the answers. Some aspects of the human condition are timeless; and youthful arrogance is one of them.

@@Margatroid It's not as simple as that. It is the experience, not the AGE itself that determines wisdom. And learning from it. If you don't learn from it as well as act on it you will never mature regardless of how old you get. President Trump is a perfect example of a man with years of experience but no maturity whatsoever. I have seen 6 year olds behave more maturely and empathically than Trump ever has.

Except I'm just going to say because most people don't know. Slaves were called "spades" back in the day. So when we say let's call a spade a spade, its racist. We don't know what we don't know until we know it. We don't know that historical references are hurtful to people today. People say this phrase all the time and I don't know if there's a replacement except it is a racist phrase that came from a slavery, racist background. I love telling people about this because we don't know which racist until we are told. And I believe ending racism is in the court of white people. Old sayings come with a background. So now you know. And hopefully others don't read this. We are all continuing to learn.

People don't want structure because they don't want their feelings hurt. Our system was a good system and people got selfish. These parents born in the late '60s and in the '70s are tearing us apart by torturing our public school systems. There are still plenty who didn't get selfish but many of them did.

​@@AmethystWomanCalling a spade a spade" was either a mistranslation or purposeful interpretive translation of the Greek phrase "to call a fig a fig and a trough a trough" It came about when Erasmus was translating the Greek phrase into Latin. "Spade" being the gardening tool - a small shovel. It's origin is in the late 1400s - early 1500s African Africans were not referred to as Spades until the 1920s. The phrase itself does not have its origins in racism, but was later connected to a term that became racist. The best alternatives imo would be going back to its origins: "call a fig a fig and a trough a trough"

I have never called it a spade. It’s a shovel.

I grow up in the wrong generation

+Razgriz Straits Yep.

There is no comparison between a 21st century and a 20th century quarantine. Schools distributed laptops, people conducted meetings on Zoom, the government pitched in on unemployment and sending out checks to the most vulnerable. And still you'll find endless whining commentary about how difficult it all is. The point is, we should be grateful and never take for granted the ease we have in life.

Quarantine was preventing sick people from going out in public. The lockdowns were to prevent healthy people going out in public.

@@KnightRanger38 AMEN.

@@Laralu12 Preach!

Quarantine is there for social engineering society to be the way they want it to be.

Bingo.

What a load of crap!

@@Malvictis Appeal to the Stone.

@@Malvictis Understand your thoughts. It takes a modicum of intelligence to comprehend which you apparently don't have.

"The generation gap", thats an early 70s term I haven't heard in quite some time. Usually around the time some grownup resolved to sit down and "rap with the youngsters".

And it’s hard not to be angry at young know it alls who don’t know crap.

I think its this same boomer generation of spoiled malcontents who grew up and imposed political correctness on our campuses in the 1990s, later paving the way for woke politics.

I'm old enough to remember when they were. I was one of the kids who tested the vaccine.

@@miriambucholtz9315 so what do you think now about covid. ?

@@JohnSmith-yw4bh I think we would be wise to follow directions about sanitizing and social distancing. Polio had been around long enough to leave at least some degree of immunity to it. Covid is brand new and therefore more dangerous.

Don’t tell that to the half million Indians who took Bill Gates experimental vaccine and were paralyzed.

factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-bill-gates-test-unapproved-vaccines www.snopes.com/fact-check/gates-org-kicked-out-of-india/

Funny how tings don't really change as much as we think they do.

I showed this to some high school students I used to tutor and they were shocked when to learn how old this speech is.

That is what makes his rants so timeless....they are just as relevant now as 50 years ago. All of them.

Maybe that was the point; you could say this exact stuff about every generation, to some degree or another. Generally speaking, no matter how bad it may be somewhere, it's a high statistic probability that you are living a better life than your parents did at your age.

It wasn't really until the early boomer's that the mindset became prevalent that "your parent's generation didn't have a clue, and everything they told you was wrong". So I don't think Webb was trying to be prescient, he was addressing what at the time was a pretty new phenomenon among a lot of youth. That the mindset has only become more dominant with each following generation, and one could argue that our culture is in a state of decline is what makes the speech truly resonate. None of the "dissatisfied generations" have yet been able to come up with anything better.

The vehicle fatality rate is less than half of what it was when he made that speech. For the first time, it is possible that extreme poverty may be eliminated worldwide within the next 50 years. In 1967 that would have been a bad joke. Slavery is now abolished throughout the world, as is racial segregation, and neither of those things were true in 1967. I can personally remember a time when men felt personally insulted if they were expected to work with a woman, and when successful politicians won elections with racial slurs and homophobia rather than instant dismissal from public life. The diseases that would have killed people fifty years ago are not only survivable, but have a far better survival rate. When a twenty year old was infected with AIDS in 1987, they'd be expected to last a maximum of 5 years. Now they are expected to see 69. People's average life expectancy has increased by almost a decade since 1967, and the number of people living over 100 has increased more than 25 fold since 1950. The use of IT and accountability in public services have dramatically increased the number of incidents of child abuse which are identified and so on. Don't make the mistake of thinking that things haven't changed because the media and the internet get rich from making you miserable.

BritishCommentWriter When one discusses progress, everyone generally argues along one path; usually a technological scale, and they also tend to argue it from a strictly western perspective, which is okay if like in this case where we are primarily discussing "an American problem". A few of your claims are untrue, or rather misleading. Slavery is abolished technical throughout the world, but the practice still persists. Extreme poverty is a rather subjective term, but "possible" is not the same as likely. Politicians may not win elections today with overt racial slurs, but they can easily use code speak and inferences that may as well be the same thing Have you ever noticed that many of our leaders today couldn't hold a candle to some of the worst leaders from 60 years or more back? They'd be laughed off stage in a debate, if the audiences today were not as uninformed and apathetic about real issues as they are, which is another problem. Let's not even bring up the current state of media, which openly admits to bias in how they report the freakin' news! No wonder people can't get a handle on anything real, they only listen to media that supports their skewed worldview. Anyone over 40 years old is well aware things have changed, but no one needs anybody to tell them, that not all change is necessarily good change.

+David Ruiz del VIzo Hi David - I think it will true for every generation. Each one will have a liberal group that feels they are entitled to receive more that what they put in. They should all take a class in basic accounting. They also need to look back in history and see why we are this way - Jefferson was an idealist (D) and Madison a realist (R). That's where the divide started.

@@pt7941 And conservatives who think they can take what they want and screw everyone else.

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+okrajoe yeah, I love the sound of bullshit in the morning, it sounds like victory for the one percent

Wanetta Renay. You need Jesus Christ, REPENT!

okrajoe yes it was..

Agreed but that Vietnam statistic didn’t age well.

Why?

The Greatest Generation apparently had no idea how to pass on its ideals to its children. Baby boomers were spoiled by their parents.

Blame it partly on the threat of the bomb and on the major liberal socialist (later called 'progressive') deconstructions to our hundreds-NO, thousands-of-years-old social norms of marriage, family, communities, neighborhoods, morality, virtue, spirituality, religion, etc.

The fuck we were! It's the Millennials who are the spoiled little snowflakes! And I think that describes you too!

+granitegrizz Now if only compromise was possible in DC...

+granitegrizz Exactly. You got the point of the video.

+Medovukha It's bad that I'm unsure which people you are talking about. Given your language and the inclusion of "2A", I assume you are talking about the fallacy that the government is trying to repeal or weaken the Second Amendment, while national gun laws are currently weaker than they were a decade ago. Of course, also may be speaking of the Presidential candidates who openly support breaching the First and Fourth Amendments. Both thoughts concern me. However, if we blindly follow ideals from over 2 centuries ago without any regard for the advancement of technology and society, then we are fools. We must always be mindful of new information and events and allow it to reshape our understanding of not only ourselves, but our society and world.

1. I'm glad that there's a law that prevents easy access to automatic weapons. Aside from military style assaults, there is no reason to own such a firearm. Either you can hit what you're aiming at in one shot, or you shouldn't be firing in the first place. Also, your comparison to Poll Taxes is unfounded. A Poll Tax kept people from voting period. Unless you are a convicted felon or currently on probation/parole, you should be able to get many guns for yourself. 2. The First Amendment also protects freedom of vocal speech, religion and congregation. It has been reevaluated many times in the name of National Security. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. 3. Once again, I moved for moderation. I've fired weapons. I've taken classes in Criminology. In no way did I ask for the wholesale destruction of the Second Amendment. I just opined that it should (and has) been reevaluated to fit modern times. If, as you compared, Freedom of Speech were killing 30,000 people a year, I would also state that we should consider giving lessons in safe vocal practices. 4. There are no "supreme" laws. They were the laws that were considered best at the time. If we still lived by the worst compromises of that time, people would still be in slavery and only white men could own land. Instead, we should look at the reasons each of these were included and, on occasion, determine if their continued existence is necessary. I believe the Second Amendment is very necessary, but as it was written, not as it has been misinterpreted. If you join a well Regulated militia (Coast Guard, Sheriffs, Police), then enjoy your weapon. However, if you're unwilling to make the commitment to training and testing necessary to even drive a motor vehicle, then I would very much prefer you not having a firearm, let alone the automatic you desire.

Okay, firstly let me state that you have repeatedly attacked me rather than discussed the issue. This is uncalled for and indicate either willful ignorance or a complete disregard for your position. I can find no ruling that includes references to riflemen. Please provide the case and I will read it. "Gee if you would read you would have seen what typed hmm?" You typed "I cannot legally get the tax stamp which is stopping me from owning automatic weapons, it is similar to a poll tax ya git.". This doesn't prevent you from owning many other types of gun. A poll tax stops people from voting, period. Not from voting multiple times a second. I touched what you typed. You opined that my interpretation of the Bill of Rights left out First Amendment protections for "internet or social media" and I mentioned that it has been reinterpreted to not protect certain speech. While it is true that the Constitution supersedes all lower laws, there is and always has been a method of altering it. This was added with the express purpose of being able to change things when they prove to be a bad idea. This is called an Amendment. We've done it 17 times since the first ten (commonly called the Bill of Rights) were adopted. As a believer in the processes put forth by the founders of this great nation, I would posit that I am a greater American than one who decides that he doesn't like how those processes are being legally utilized. While I would never force you to leave, the statement "America. Love it or Leave it!" has been thrown around a lot. Please consider all of the legal and social precedents before spouting your hate at me. (I guess I should also mention that I'm a teacher and get paid for the lessons I'm providing you free of charge. I hope you appreciate the courtesy.)

And he seems to do them in one take Lots of people need a stern talking to

+Weedz420 including that statement

I await the next plague. Hopefully natural selection is effective.

@@coolguy02536 covid 19

Yup. An evil dolt like Biden President, BLM rioting around the country with the government's blessing...terrible.

I'll take "Things that aren't actually happening" for $200, Alex.

@@frankcabanski9409 On the side of the fascists this time, are you?

@@terri6854 @Terri The Fascists are the Democrats. They're the ones backing Antifa, banning speech, using the State to propagandize homosexuality and transgenderism to young children and trying to strip away the constitutional rights of Americans. Wake up, not 'woke'.

the "you don't see quarantine signs" part got to me a bit but I'm over here in 2023 having a way better time than i did in 2020

Who do you think the kids in this video are? Boomers. 1946-1964. Boomers made up up the youth movement. They marched with Dr. King for civil rights. The gave us the music of a generation that's still being listened to and eclipses anything being released in the last 20 years. They fought in the Vietnam War. They helped win the Cold War. They gave us a golden age of films. Younger Boomers fought the Gulf War. They were the first responders during 9/11. The first to go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan as leaders. Boomer opened the way for computers and gave you desk tops, lap tops, cell phones, smart phones, i pods, iphones, and all the rest. Boomers haven't done so bad, "avocado speeches" and all. Millennials? they're kicking 40 in the ass and what's to show? Britney Spears?

@@Hal09i Only the oldest Boomers had anything to do with Civil Rights. Most were kids, most that did march were trying to simply bring down the draft, and most, of course, didnt march at all. Leaving aside those Boomers who were on the other side and participated in the backlash. As for cultural influence, it's due to their massive demographic size. So no surprise that they weren't eclipsed by the small, Baby Bust/Gen X cohort. The richest thing you've done though is comparing them to Millennials. The Boomers hoovered up the benefits of what the Greatest Generation built, dismantled them to save some money on taxes, and now ask why we aren't in the same position yet. There's never been a more grotesque example of pulling up the ladder behind you and then sneering from the rooftops.

That's a lot of rationalization, finger pointing, and whining. Sure Boomers built on what the previous generation gave them. Computer, Operating Systems, social media, VHS, CD, DVD, Digital streaming. All the tech you can't live without...Yeah. from Boomers built on what the previous gen had left. What have Millennials done? what have they built? what's their big contribution besides being $50,000 in debt with a degree in communication? In 1966, Boomers were 20 years old, with a lot more behind them. Who do you think started the youth movement? who peopled the summer of love? the protests of 1968 and 1969? Bobby Kennedy? Chicago Democratic Convention? Who wrote and played the music that fueled the movement and served as a backdrop? Others fought for their country. A lot did both. And Dr. King didn't only preach and march in the early 60's... besides, boomers could have been there as well as older teens. Boomers fought in 4 wars: Vietnam, The Cold War, The Gulf War, and The War on Terror. When Millennials are on their 4th war, let me know. Boomers didn't pull up the ladder...others just didn't want to make the effort to climb it. Millennials...they don't know their history, don't know their civics, and if it hasn't happened in the last 20 years, most are basically clueless. They talk about racism and the Civil War statues but most could not name 5 Civil War Battles or tell you the general dates of the conflict. Millennials are kicking 40 in the ass and still asking for someone to take care of them and whining that life is not fair...@@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016

Hal09i Game, Set and Match...Homerun...Score...Touchdown...I was about to chime in, but you nailed it, kudos...

@@Hal09i WRONG about the Golden Age of films. Boomers made none of them. And members of the "Greatest Generation" (Charleston Heston for example) also marched with MLK. MLK himself was not a Boomer. Your post is solid however.

Teacher of the year too

Well, they got that ChatGPT thing now thats almost like a form of AI that can create amazing stuff. If you fed it in every Dragnet episode and Joe Friday mental profile, I'll bet they could create a fake Joe Friday personality and graft it on to a robot. Just sayin

Except it's the kids telling the 'adults' this. Boomers were and still are spoiled kids.

@Daniel Revas(open): As someone sang, "Same as it ever was..."

You did the best you knew. No one’s perfect.

They already have

James Wagner Yes, because they started off in a better place because of things done by previous generations.

You made me sad, I'm 65. I understand

Many will try, few will succeed.

Unlike Jane Fonda he did not wave the Viet Cong, North Vietnamese, Soviet Union flags.

I showed some of these episodes to students when I taught. They can't handle the dialog. Seriously. If it isn't about Kardashian's ass size, they aren't interested. This show would never see the screen today. Sadly.

Remember, morality is relative.

Like he said we live in a imperfect world.I was six when this was first aired. The Detroit and Newark riots were long over that year.I've seen the senseless things that mobs and a little agitation could do.kids do your damnest to make this Generation a Damn site better than yours.you owe it to them.

It's called reality TV

@@only12c This might be a "scripted" program, but the message is more realistic than ever before.

Nicely said. BTW, it doesn't change much when you get old :)

How does this feel in 2020? haha

TRUE.......... as if it were written for 2022

Ok b00mers

Bill referred to a man who killed six million people. That man was Hitler.

The whole speech is about their generation suffering. Today, the prior generations thrived and now we suffer. It's not the same.

@@sunkintree We suffer? Please elaborate..

You are so right, Franklin Roosevelt would have been proof of that.

He probably wouldn't like how cigarettes aren't cool any more

They’d make him “woke”, thus making him irrelevant.

@@chillydawgg4354 they aren't?

I'll bet we could get ChatGPT to synthesis a Joe Friday clone module to give stern lectures to todays snowflakes when called upon.

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+littlemas2 : LOL! You made a funny!

+littlemas2 to download an apple, you mean

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....And they sure as hell ain't 2 cents each, either.

Poor people are overweight because of poor food quality. If economics is key, then just remember that the fastest growing economy of the 21st Century is China. The folks at the top of the food chain there don't and historically never cared about their unwashed masses. Everytime the politicians in the U.S. threaten to cut off Federal food aid benefits, I guess they want to be MORE like the Chinese then.

It;'s easy for you to moan about poverty...sure, sit there and point the finger at everyone except yourself or the poor people. Find me a rich man and you know what you'll also likely find? You'll find hard work, long hours, risk, self accountability. That's how America was built, bub. Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - you'll see it there. Men were endowed by their creator with the right to pursue happiness. Pursue, as in chase - get off the couch, stop watching the TV, pump those legs - chase. That's how to get out of poverty. Don't stick out your hand, waiting for someone else to pull you up. Pull yourself up - you'll take a few people with you.

@@frankcabanski9409 This requires believing that poor people don't do hard work. Also, to quote Adam Smith, "Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many."

@@IsmailofeRegime It doesn't require that some are poor for someone to be rich. That's ridiculous.

@@frankcabanski9409 There has to be a large part of the population obliged to sell their labor-power to a capitalist in order to survive, and it is obvious to all that the average income a person makes in a capitalist country cannot be remotely near that of someone like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates.

@Aaron King(open): Another lesson to be garnered is this --- if you have to rely on your gender, or sexuality, or race, or ethnicity, or on any other kind of "protected" label, to determine your worth as a human being... then you've gone off the deep end.

@@StukInBuf "Protected?" ????????