Hey Bot!
I'm thinking it was more an "ego gap" than a generation gap...within the ten years of time you had 3 different versions of "left" trying to form "their" one version and the best they could do was use Hayden as the conduit toward togetherness...
But, as with anything political...one piece of crap has to float to the top. I guess the left is still trying to figure out who stinks the best in their cesspool...