I thought this article had very few positive attributes. The Texas Fred Blog is obviously against socialism and younger generations. Fred has a very demanding and “all-knowing” tone. He makes the elderly seem high and mighty, and portrays the younger generation as incompetent. He did have some very true arguments supporting his cause, but the way he presented them will make a lot of people angry.
He clearly explains that the young people need to be saved; therefore The Grey Haired Brigade is on their way. Who’s to say that we need to be saved? Every economy has its ups and downs, were just on a down. Each generation will make their own decisions, and we will never agree on everything. Someone will always have a criticism. The decisions we make are based upon what is happening now. Fred’s past conditions differ from our current conditions, so our decisions inevitably are very different.
Although I am on his side as a conservative, I do think that he went about this post all wrong. He should be trying to influence the younger generation’s decisions positively, not negatively. He will only anger the younger generations, causing them to object even more. I do agree that younger generations do not always respect our country the way they should. This can be affected by influence and knowledge, not criticisms.
This blog does not benefit anyone; it only shows how stupid Fred thinks young people are. He should be trying to give them knowledge about why it is important to respect our country and know all of the words to the pledge of allegiance. If Fred really cared about our country, he wouldn’t complain about how the younger generations are messing up, he would influence them to make better decisions. There will be no one to save us once The Grey Haired Brigade is gone but ourselves. He should be teaching us, not saving us.
I think you misunderstood what the article, “The Grey Haired Brigade,” was saying. It was not saying that younger people are stupid and can not make good decisions about government. He was saying that the younger generation did not care about government as much as the older generation did, and he is right about that. Voter turnout is lower for younger people then older people. Younger people, as he said, care more about their jobs and lifestyle then government. The reason for this is because the older generation made sure that the country would be in a good state for their children and grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the first times that the country has been down and the younger generations have had a say in what we should do. So when think about, the younger generation is new at making decisions with government while the “grey haired brigade” has had experience in government. We need to be saved by the “Grey Haired Brigade” so that we can see the difference between policy that works and policy that sounds good. Through out the 2008 election all I heard about was that “Obama is a great speaker unlike Bush and McCain.” What people should have been focused on was whose policy is going to work better. Obama’s policy sounded like socialism, while McCain would have worked much better and not increased the national debt by so much. Also, we would not have this stupid Health Care System.
That’s what Fred meant in his article and I believe he hit every point very well. Also, it looks like the Grey Haired Brigade did their job this election.
Here is a link to the article: http://texasfred.net/archives/7904