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[kazinator]

When your generation has slogans like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg#%22Don%27t_trust...

what do you expect from the kids and grandkids.

[groby_b → kazinator]

> my one sentence in history turns out to be something I said off the top of my head which became completely distorted and misunderstood

So yay on you for distorting it some more.

[kazinator → groby_b]

It was distorted at the time; it became a popular slogan for throngs of hippies.

[groby_b → kazinator]

No, it really did not. It became popular for the media and right-wing figures to claim it became a popular slogan.

Quoth Wikipedia: "The saying then went viral, becoming a favorite for reporters and columnists wishing to ridicule the young, the New Left, or the hippie/Yippie movement"

It's still being used that way. You're a shining example.

[rmason → kazinator]

Every generation says something similar. Don't believe me? What about Zuckerburg saying he wouldn't hire anyone over thirty at Facebook because young people are just smarter about technology?

[robotron → kazinator]

Did you actually read that? It's not saying that was any generation's slogan but a bunch of reporters...

[kazinator → robotron]

Well, that text is neither saying that it was any generation's slogan, nor that it wasn't.

Though Weinberg tried to wash his hand of it, it was in fact used as as slogan, and was attributed to multiple sources.

[groby_b → kazinator]

Ooooh. The classic "people are saying". Since you started with Wikipedia, [citation needed]