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5. Yah. The only kinds of arguments that are impressive to
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 04:31 PM
Feb 2012

know-it-alls are their own.

And the younger generation NEVER sneers at the old fogeys who did all that stuff they don't want to hear about which is exactly what gets us to the point we're in now:

It's not that the older generation of women want THANKS for our efforts; it's that we don't want our work flushed down the toilet by those who can't be bothered to give a damn so that while they're busy dissing 2nd wave feminism, we 2nd wavers are seeing the desperate, urgent need to fight the damn war all over again. IOW: Forget advancing the cause. The younger generation couldn't even be bothered to hold the territory we gained.

The real truth is this: the younger generation NEVER supported the cause adequately, so we can hardly complain that they've gone slack because of our complaints about them.

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