I mean, one reason is that no one has ever shouted “boomer” in a hateful voice while lynching someone for looking their way wrong. We could also talk about how

I mean, one reason is that no one has ever shouted “boomer” in a hateful voice while lynching someone for looking their way wrong. We could also talk about how it’s usually not just used as an ageist slur but to describe a state of mind - if you ask the kids there’s plenty of old people who aren’t boomers - but saying it’s as offensive as being racist is completely inappropriate. To sort of quote the comedian John Mulaney about the n-word, if one of the words is one you can’t say and have to use “the n-word” to describe it, that’s the bad word.