By "people these days" - 19/07/2013 20:36 - United States - Fairfax

Today, a kid was ranting that "people these days are so rude" and that "things were much better in the '50s." Annoyed, I asked the delusional twat what was so great about the racial segregation, rampant sexism, homophobia, and all the rest back then. He responded by punching me. FML
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brainymes 30

He was just an immature child who couldn't admit he was wrong. All the same, argument won.

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Varieus 30

It was much much worst back then, than it is now. The stuff today is 100x better in comparison.

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usafvet 0

YDI YDI YDI... Personally, I wish I could punch liberals in the mouth every time I was forced to hear that BULLSHIT, too

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xmlguy 14

Lets not forget the communist witch hunts. Heaven help you if you were a gay black communist housewife.

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buddy51 23

Sadly, OP, you proved his point by being a ranting dingus. YDI for not appreciating the insights of the young....

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epochfail 6

Not about the racisim sexism and stuff, but there were more family values, honor was a part of life, people actually had ambition, and the television shows were better:)

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HawkwindFan2016 8

Don't forget the unreasonable paranoia about Communists and H-Bombs!

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seacadet 18

That was completely rational.. we came VERY close to nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis.. Yes that was in the 60's but still the Cold War.

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Taurus_ChicKa 36

You say this person was a "kid." Well, as a kid, how would he know what it was like in the 50s? Kids these days think they know everything...and of course their parents don't teach them what's acceptable to say/do in public and what isn't.

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2ponds 5

That quite a statement coming from you Mr. Weaboo.

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zomgbies 17

Maybe he was referring to the fact that crime was much less, people were much more respectful, police were respected and were more respectful as well. not everything in the 50s was shite. you negative nancy, deserved it

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UofLCardFan08 6

Even if that's true, the OP didn't deserved to be hit.

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mkcherry 14

Considering Im mixed race, a woman, and in an interracial relationship I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 50's. It's easy to idolize a generation after society has corrected all of their wrong doings (marital rape made illegal, domestic violence has real consequences and you cant just lynch people out in the open with no fear of consequences). There was less gun violence and terrorism in the 50's but I live in a good neighborhood so its not really an issue for me and I wouldn't trade my fair pay, marriage rights, and ability to walk down the street and drink out of a public fountain for those two things. For all the hysteria about attacks from the middle east that we have today, there was equal if not more hysteria about the cold war and Russia in the 50's. As far as kids being more respectful that MIGHT be true BUT there was also horrific child abuse in the 50's and earlier, its one of the reasons we have so many laws protecting children now, quite a few kids from the era turned to drugs and alcohol in the subsequent decades because of the way they were treated. Its still possible to raise respectful, hard working kids in the modern era, Im doing it and so are many other attentive parents.

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