"Today's silent majority is composed of the more tolerant Boomers and their children, for whom "diversity is not just a slogan - it's a moral value". Indeed, they've refined the idea of morality itself.
Mainstream morality has changed over the last generation...most Americans no longer feel comfortable imposing their personal morality on another's private behaviour. But that doesn't mean this new majority is any less moral...For baby boomers and younger people, there's nothing equivocal about their views of right and wrong. These Americans condemn bigotry , intolerance, and discrimination. They reject constraints on personal freedom and don't like it when women are not treated as equals. They find pollution objectionable and see nothing moral in imposing religious beliefs on others. They believe a moral upbringing is teaching kids to think for themselves, not to follow another's rules. What they embrace are pluralism, privacy, freedom of choice, diversity, and respect for people with different traditions. Perhaps the only thing missing from this new morality is a politician capable of articulating it.(This is taken from Richard Florida's The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent. The quote he cites is one of the most striking I have read in a while and comes from Leonard Steiner in an article titled "60s Morality is Winning," Salon.com, November 29, 2004.)
