Give us this day our daily dumb ass!
Radio host Bob Lonsberry is being criticized after comparing the word "boomer" to the N-word.
The phrase "OK, boomer" has been used on the video sharing app TikTok by Generation Z and millennials to show their resentment toward baby boomers.
In a since-deleted tweet, Lonsberry, 60, said "'Boomer' is the n-word of ageism," according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, which is part of the USA TODAY network.
"Being hip and flip does not make bigotry ok, nor is a derisive epithet acceptable because it is new,” he continued.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2019/11/05/radio-host-bob-lonsberry-criticized-after-comparing-boomer-n-word/4163037002/
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We have been "baby boomers" quite literally since the day we were born, and no one has ever seen it before as the equivalent of a racist epithet. I don't think anyone's ever called me that in hatred and contempt, though with boomers like this guy-- "Oh, ageism! I'm discriminated against because I was born between 1945 and 1965!" - can't help but think he's encountered contempt before, just not because of his birthyear.
I think boomers are probably tough enough to withstand a bit of scoffing from the youngsters. (Plus, come on, we do have the best music. 
I mean, there is ageism, but it happens to anyone who turns 55 or so, not just one generation. (This guy might be looking for a job soon, and then he'll learn the real bad part of ageism... it's hard to get a job. But that's nothing new to the baby boom generation.)
