A couple of weeks ago, I was watching Real Time with Bill Maher, which is a popular political talk show on HBO. One of his guests was journalist Bari Weiss, who is a staff editor for the New York Times. She was educated at Columbia University and has worked for other publications including Tablet and the Wall Street Journal. She spoke with Bill about modern feminism and the Me Too movement and had a very interesting and insightful conversation. You can see the full interview here. She was very articulate, well-spoken, and intelligent.

She is also a millennial. Throughout the thought-provoking interview, Bill Maher constantly made snide comments about millennials, and chose to close the discussion with, “Your generation, a little f*cking crazy.” As if this one sensible young person was just an outlier in a sea of triggered millennial snowflakes. Often in the media, millennials are seen as hysterical children who get offended by everything and contribute nothing to society.

Even though I am technically too young to be classified as a millennial, I have gone to school with, worked with, and been friends with plenty of millennials. And I can promise you that these stereotypes are absolutely not true. They are just like any other generation, and they have their own strengths and weaknesses just like everybody else.

I think one of the most common reasons people tend to dislike millennials is because of how lucky they are. They have grown up in an age of wealth, technology, and prosperity. They are very privileged and haven’t had to experience the hardships that previous generations have.

Another reason why millennials probably aren’t looked upon in the best light is because of social media. Every bad decision, naive opinion, and ignorant tirade is posted for the world to see. Every generation has had its fair share of mistakes, but theirs weren’t broadcast on the internet. I’m sure that if the baby boomers had Twitter when they were young, we would have seen some very interesting tweets.

The truth is, the older generations hating the younger generation is nothing new here. Every older generation believes that the younger generations are selfish and spoiled. To a certain extent, that is probably true. Every new generation means new medicine, new technology, and new opportunities.

On the other hand, every new generation believes that they know more than those that came before them and that it is their job to “educate” older people who need to come to grips with the fact that the world is changing. However, the hatred and scorn of millennials from baby boomers is pointless. The truth is, millennials are going to fix the problems that baby boomers created.

For example, right now after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, it is young people that are leading the fight for common sense gun laws. They will be the ones to solve this problem that previous generations have failed to do anything about. They will be the ones to tackle the issues they were given, such as the skyrocketing costs of education, the environment that is falling apart, and income inequality.

Millennials are going to be the next innovators, creators and explorers that will change this planet. It will probably be a millennial who will journey to Mars, it will be a millennial who finds the cure for cancer, or who invents new technology that will progress humanity forward. They will develop new vaccines and treatments for patients who are suffering all around the world. My point is, don’t hate millennials too much because chances are that you will probably need them one day.