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The expression certainly isn\u2019t aimed at everyone over 60; Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is 78, and the 70-year-old Sen. Elizabeth Warren aren\u2019t the typical targets of \u201cOK, Boomer\u201d \u2014 in fact, Sanders enjoys more support among Millennials and members of Gen-Z than he among people his own age. But it is typically used out of frustration when a far-right Boomer says something that is clueless, reactionary and painfully out-of-touch; for example, a Millennial or Gen-Z member might offer a mountain of evidence on medical bankruptcies to show how broken the United States\u2019 health care system is \u2014 and when the Boomer, indoctrinated by Fox News and AM talk radio, still insists that the U.S. has the best health insurance system in the world, the Millennial or Gen-Z member might respond, \u201cOK, Boomer.\u201d\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nHere are some far-right reactionaries who the expression \u201cOK, Boomer\u201d was tailor-made for.\n\n1. Rush Limbaugh\n\nRadio host Rush Limbaugh, now 68, has been wrong time and time again \u2014 and no amount of evidence will change his mind about the War on Drugs (which he has wholeheartedly supported), the Iraq War (a foreign policy disaster he championed) or the health care crisis in the U.S. Even when Limbaugh had an addiction to OxyContin in 2003, he wouldn\u2019t acknowledge that the War on Drugs was a failure. And when he was admitted to the hospital in 2010 after suffering chest pains, Limbaugh asserted, \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s one thing wrong with the United States health system.\u201d Sure, millionaires have easy access to top-notch health care; others suffer medical bankruptcy or avoid going to the doctor when they get sick because they can\u2019t afford it.\n\n2. Ted Nugent\n\nDuring his youth, Ted Nugent went to great lengths to avoid serving in the Vietnam War. But these days, the hard rock singer/guitarist and far-right activist, now 71, views himself as hell-belt for the U.S. military and insists that liberals and progressives could never be as patriotic and pro-military as he is. Democrats have a long history of being hawkish militarily, from World War I and World War II to the Korean War; regardless, Nugent clings to the notion that only far-right Republicans love the military.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\n3. President Donald Trump\n\nPresident Donald Trump is full of contradictions. He has hardly lived the life of a Christian fundamentalist, yet he panders to the Christian Right. Trump claims to be a fiscal conservative, yet the U.S. has a huge federal deficit under his watch. Trump claims to sympathize with the millions of Americans who lack health insurance or are seriously underinsured, but he has tried to roll back the modest gains of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. Obamacare. And when he is contradicting himself on Twitter or at a MAGA rally, there are no doubt plenty of Millennials and Gen-Z members thinking, \u201cOK, Boomer.\u201d\n\n4. Bill O\u2019Reilly\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nInundated with sexual harassment allegations, Bill O\u2019Reilly left Fox News in 2017. But that hasn\u2019t prevented O\u2019Reilly, now 70, from ranting about the Culture War and insisting that he is a staunch social conservative. It was O\u2019Reilly who, more than anyone, pushed the silly conspiracy theory that there is a \u201cWar on Christmas\u201d being carried out by liberals and progressives. One can point out to O\u2019Reilly that even in the most Democratic U.S. cities, one is surrounded by Christmas songs, Christmas lights and Christmas decorations \u2014 yet he still insists that the \u201cWar on Christmas\u201d is alive and well, no doubt inspiring some of his younger critics to roll their eyes in frustration and say, \u201cOK, Boomer.\u201d", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": ["Alex Henderson", "Bob Brigham", "Common Dreams", "Travis Gettys"], "publish_date": "Wed Jan 1 00:00:00 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fav-1.jpg", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no", "og": {"type": "article", "image": "https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Nugent.jpg", "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/here-are-some-far-right-reactionaries-the-term-ok-boomer-was-perfectly-designed-for/", "title": "Here are some far-right reactionaries the term \u2018OK, Boomer\u2019 was perfectly designed for", "description": "During the 1960s, some members of the Baby Boomer Generation were fond of saying, \u201cNever trust anyone over 30.\u201d And now, ironically, Boomers \u2014 or at least some Boomers \u2014 have become targets of the dismissive expression, \u201cOK, Boomer,\u201d which is used primarily by Millennials and members of Generation Z. 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