Digby: Uptight, Crazy and Reactionary

In this post about the developing generation gap between Boomers and Millenials (which is child's play compared to the generation gap between boomers and the greatest generation --- now that was real hell) I read that boomers "express greater concern than any other generational grouping with virtually every specific issue examined in the survey" and "have substantially more negative and pessimistic perceptions of the political process than any other generational grouping." Evidently, boomers are also "uptight, crazy, and reactionary, featuring rightwing views on 'lifestyle issues and crime' and, generally speaking, 'are often characterized by taking strong, relatively extreme positions on issues.'"