Can we stop falling into the long-standing [1] tradition of acting like this is all the fault of a particular generation.<p>It stems from a multitude of things, like a political climate that caters to the vocal minority, the PC movement that has everyone on edge, and the 24-hour news cycle that lives for a tragic story they can cycle over and over for an entire day&#x2F;week.<p>I&#x27;d love to have hacker news without all the &quot;rabble, rabble, rabble&quot;.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;answers.google.com&#x2F;answers&#x2F;threadview?id=398104" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;answers.google.com&#x2F;answers&#x2F;threadview?id=398104</a>