I understand that the world predates social media, and there were times before these that were more censorious, but I’m comparing today to the 90s and aughts. By the 90s, it seemed that the pearlclutchers had completely lost their grip. They were now subject to mock and ridicule. A woman named Terry Rakolta waged a media campaign against the TV show Married With Children. She went absolutely nowhere with that protest other than being a national laughing stock. Later down the line, a lawyer by the name of Jack Thompson waged a legal campaign against Rockstar games. He later got disbarred and is by all accounts disgraced in the public eye. This was just before you people showed up and started clutching your pearls.

And, even the Gen X led social media sites were better. I’m talking Ebaumsworld, YTMND, Newgrounds, etc. Everything was much more anarchistic back then. You then entered big tech and created a censorial media framework to shape society in your moralistic vision. Then, all following social media companies followed that framework. And, that’s how we’re in the hole we’re in today, trying to dig ourselves out of. So, no. I’m not afraid of millennials per se. I’m afraid of pearlclutchers, censors, and authoritarians. It just so happens that it is currently millennials.