I guess I mentioned in occasionally, but dynamics of generational difference seems quite interesting. Typically appears in ways of "young people do not like..." or "people these days do not like..." and then you insert some supposedly outrageous or old fashioned thing there. But is it really?
At least in Finland, there has been repeated pattern, where "reaction of youth" or "reaction of general population" is way more about reaction of boomers / media. In a way that one or couple persons posts criticism in social media, and that is used as foundation for media coverage AND discussion where it ceases to be related to anything else than media knowing that this is the hot shit and every boomer will click news piece where core of story is "Look at this insanity! Kids encourage censorship!" or such. While nobody usually talks to those kids or have any idea how many people think like that and how relevant it is. It is just approached from purely exploitative angle where one can use it almost as strawman for other things. But curiously as result may be, that one gets this idea planted in your head, that to make sure you get along with spirit of our times, you need to stay in line while this line was sort of self-created.
Very similarly we had nicely revealing incident where one female singer/songwriter got really high profile exposure in biggest press available in Finland. It caused huge backlash among people as story was revolving again on topic of "artists being entitled for state funding & free money". Especially US citizen might wonder what the fuck, but over here in welfare state socialism people often have idea they would be entitled for state paying their living. That is not interesting thing in story, but that artists had talked couple hours about her art and new album, and just mentioned briefly worries about art-funding budgets being cut. Journalist knowing that "artists crying about struggles of economy" is what brings "discussion", that's what story basically was. All the real substance was ignored, and newspaper focused on this little side-note.
Just about every redneck loses their shit, politicians and newspapers talking about it. Journalists, and audience itself is addicted to drama and scandals. In slighly related way, it is very dull if only ways of discussing somewhat obscene art, is not really of art itself, but semi-fictional conflict story. Everybody knows that merely mentioning "our release got taken down", "our gig was cancelled" will get more people to react, than best album you ever made.... hah.. THAT, is quite offensive actually, when thinking of nature of art.
