Millennials are very passionate about our causes. We like to be apart of something that is trying to accomplish good, and we like to be with others when we do it. We are the most educated generation; and as such, we're more open-minded and try to think critically and objectively. We identify more as 'Independents' than with either political party. Many of our political priorities lie in helping others. We're not a lowlife group of sissies who are afraid of getting dirty or breaking a nail or sweating when we're not at the gym who believe that the world should be handed to us. (Another side note, why does my generation get blamed for these sort of things? Did we raise ourselves? Or did the adults in the older generations who were supposed to raise us drop the ball? It's hard to blame the younger generation for doing what we were taught to do. And I'm not talking to you, Mom and Dad) Like it or not, one of the quickest ways to make sure that your words are lost on this younger generation is to mock and belittle us. No one likes to be mocked. Ridiculing this generation will not bring any over to your beliefs. Why does Bernie Sanders have a huge following with millennials? Because he doesn't ridicule us for our beliefs. He believes that we have a legitimate part to play in the governing of our nation. I'm not saying that I agree with policies one bit, but I have a general feeling that he cares greatly about the youth of this country. Millennials will listen to him because they believe he cares about their ideas and their future. Maybe it's time that Conservatives start doing the same thing.
I say all these thing to make a simple point. Stop ridiculing us with pointless terms because you think we're wrong about something. Although we may be younger than you, many of us are very educated. and we are able to have intelligent conversations. Just because we see things differently than you, doesn't mean that we're wrong, and it also doesn't mean that you're right. Edmund Burke, the great English legal scholar, once said, "The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth." So try it, listen to what we have to say, and if we're wrong, show us why we're wrong. Take the time to consider that we might actually be right. Turn off talk-radio for a few days. Dare to see another's point of view. And if you think we're wrong, give us hard evidence to the fact. But above all, for Pete's sake, do not ridicule us for having separate beliefs than you. Trust me, if you only mock and ridicule this generation for having different beliefs than you, all of these 'snowflakes' will form a giant avalanche and the destruction left will be great.
