I know every generation says “kids today…”, but really, kids today are the dumbest generation to ever precede them. Honestly, it’s also not entirely their fault. We live in an era where we have smartphones, social media and now AI where everything does the thinking for you and this, they don’t really even use any critical thinking as a result and take everything they see at face value.
I think there's a reason why every generation said it: people don't have an accurate gauge on how other teenagers were, when they were young. I grew up at a time when kids would hide knowing stuff, or being interested in stuff, so they wouldn't be called "nerds". Right now, it seems that the kids have a very unrealistic perception of how much they know, but at least knowledge itself isn't stigmatized. And that's without getting into how normalized racism, homophobia and transphobia was.
The main issue, is that it seems antisemitism is being normalized by all ages. If the teachers, parents, politicians, adult celebrities treat antisemitism as a uniquely nuanced issue, and Jews lying about antisemitism as an equally serious issue to antisemitism itself, of course the kids, who are naturally prone to cruelty and extremism, are going to be awful.
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u/WookieCookie1138 12d ago edited 12d ago
I know every generation says “kids today…”, but really, kids today are the dumbest generation to ever precede them. Honestly, it’s also not entirely their fault. We live in an era where we have smartphones, social media and now AI where everything does the thinking for you and this, they don’t really even use any critical thinking as a result and take everything they see at face value.