Generation X, Y (Millennials), Z ‘conservatives’ blame Massie loss on Baby Boomers
In the post-mortem of the Thomas Massie primary loss last week, ‘conservative’ talking heads and an army of content creators have embraced the idea that his defeat occurred solely at the hands of Baby Boomers who simply don’t care about Generation X, Y (Millennials), and Z Americans.
The person credited with creating and leading the army was Tiffany Cianti, an influencer known for her work as a host and organizer for livestream events (via USA Today):
Tiffany Cianci, an online content creator, took to X to call on influencers to travel to Kentucky ahead of the May 19 primary and support Massie, who she described as “a guy nobody’s ever heard of before.” “But Trump said that was fine because he just needed a warm body, and Kentucky voters would vote the way he told them to,” she said.
In her video, she said donors who have no ties to Kentucky are funding attack ads against Massie because he wanted the U.S. government to release information related to the investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I need you to tag every creator you know on this app, and I need you to tell them that we ride at dawn for Thomas Massie because that’s exactly what we need to do,” Cianci said. “I want every major creator that is available on this app. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, if you are against corruption in politics and you want to make a difference, I need you here in Northern Kentucky.”
Since posting to X just before 11 p.m. May 12, Cianci’s video had been viewed more than 1.3 million times and had been reposted around 5,000 times, including by former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who was a Trump ally before criticizing the administration’s policy goals and other congressional GOP members. In her response, Greene said Cianci’s post is how “you beat the machine of foreign donors, establishment media and political consultants” who are spending millions of dollars.
“I’m flying to Kentucky because Thomas Massie’s primary is bigger than just one district,” she said. “It’s about whether we are ready to welcome in the new era of representation or continue with the status quo.” (Emphasis mine)
Since Massie is a member of the so-called status quo, what do you think Cianti meant by “the new era of representation?” Perhaps the answer to that question can be found in Greene’s response when she implied that Boomers would destroy the future of “voters under 40” if they failed to “get out and vote for Thomas Massie!!!”
I have a thought: If Boomers can be counted on to “always vote,” perhaps the problem lies with Generation X Y Z for not getting up off their arses and voting. Things that make you go hmmm…
The anti-Boomer attitude expressed by MTG and pretty much the rest of the influencers working for the Kentucky Representative last week appears to have come from none other than Massie himself (via YouTube around the 5:30 mark):
“They used artificial intelligence to create a video, lifelike video, that showed me checking into a hotel room with AOC and Ilhan Omar and holding hands with them.
“It was actually very effective on the boomers. But here’s the thing, Kristen. That’s only going to work for a little bit longer. The boomers are going to, you know, leave this country to the Gen X, and the Gen Z, and the Gen Y, and the millennials. And those folks are the ones that I won overwhelmingly. That makes me really hopeful for this country. They don’t get fooled by artificial intelligence, and they check the news. They get news sources, like from podcasts and other sources.
So, they won this race by fooling my voters and expanding the base of people who vote to the uninformed voters. But look, I got 45 percent of the vote.” (Emphasis mine)
If you’ll allow me to translate: It looks like Massie believes that Boomers are stupid and uninformed, so much so that they can fooled by AI-generated videos (unlike the incredibly wise and all-knowing “Gen X and the Gen Z, and the millennials”) but will be dead soon to allow younger generations to take over.
Younger “conservatives” jumped on the “why don’t boomers just die already” bandwagon years ago. During the 2022 midterms, Baby Boomers were blamed for the wrecked economy created by Donald Trump’s tariffs and COVID policies. Seated at the head of the anti-Boomer table at the time was pro-Trump echo chamber personality Steve Deace (Gen X), who has been preaching a hatred for Baby Boomers ever since the 2016 election when he was against Donald Trump before he was for him:
Actually, 2016 wasn’t the last baby-boomer election because 2020 also featured Trump (as did 2024), prompting Deace to repeat his mantra of hate for Baby Boomers. He even dedicated an entire episode of his show to defend his hatred and call out people for “whining” about it:
Ironically, Deace works for Glenn Beck — a Baby Boomer himself — but I guess when the person wrecking America is putting money in your pocket at the same time, you cut him a little slack.
Generation XYZ conservatives hate their elders with a ferocity never before seen in our culture. Steve Deace, who professes to be a Christian, often blends his hatred of Baby Boomers with his all-encompassing “Spirit of the Age” mantra that I find quite interesting; not because he’s sharing any deep spiritual insight, but because his hate for Baby Boomers is a prime example of the spirit Jesus said would rule in the Last Days:
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.” ~ Matthew 10:21
“Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” ~ Mark 13:12-13
The wording in Matthew 10:21 is revealing because it doesn’t say that children will kill their parents, but rather they will “rise up against their parents and HAVE THEM PUT TO DEATH.” In other words, someone other than the children will do the actual killing.
“Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?” ~ Job 12:12
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” ~ Proverbs 1:7
“Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.” ~ I Timothy 5:1-2
America used to be a place where the elderly were given special respect due to their age, wisdom, and knowledge. But in today’s America, Generation X, Y, and Z “conservatives” despise Baby Boomers and simply want them to get out of the way or die because they are an inconvenience to their inheritance of the American promise.
Some “conservative” Generation X, Y, Z and Millennials would like to see an amendment to the Constitution that would limit the age of candidates for office. Though allegedly designed to prevent career politicians, this proposal is driven by the belief that “old” Baby Boomers should be constitutionally prevented from serving in office.
Let me make one thing clear: I supported Massie’s reelection before he resorted to Trumpist behavior by lumping Baby Boomers into an all-encompassing category and throwing them under the bus because they’re too stupid to vote for him. As a Baby Boomer myself, I don’t claim to be perfect, but conservatism doesn’t require perfection; it only requires men and women of any age who have a burning desire to see America return to true conservatism and the Constitution; not the nationalist substitute being cheered by Generation X, Y (Millennials), and Z.
By the way, conservatism became part of the political lexicon courtesy of the Baby Boomers. Conservatism stood at the outer margins of intellectual and political respectability until William F. Buckley, Jr. published the first issue of National Review in 1955. And a quarter-century later, Baby Boomers (guided by Buckley’s conservative philosophy) elected Ronald Reagan and moved conservatism to the center of American political culture.
Steve Deace once said, “We have watered down our belief system for so many years to accommodate electability to the point now that most Americans don’t know what Conservatism is.”
Based on how Thomas Massie and his group of Generation X, Y (Millennials), and Z influencers are blaming Baby Boomers for their failures; I don’t think most of them know what it is either.
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