A few weeks ago, I wrote to you regarding the state of my generation - the Spiteful Generation.

In speaking on this topic with a friend, she brought up a point on which I feel I should elaborate and we should discuss more in-depth. Her concern was that my piece spoke strongly about the negatives of the world and how that has affected us growing up, but that it ignores many of the positives within our generation, speaking mainly to our tenacity. My friend is a member of my generation, but I do not fully consider her a member of the Spiteful Generation. I feel that she is on the other side of the same coin, a segment - a subset - of the Spiteful Generation I affectionately call the “Considerate Youths.”

I will forewarn you, for purposes of clarification, that I will be using “we” to refer to the Considerate Youths as much as to the Spiteful Generation, although I may not properly be considered a part of the Considerate Youths as much as I am the Spiteful Generation.

Now, that isn’t to say the Considerate Youths aren’t spiteful. In many ways, we can be considered just as spiteful; however, the difference is in the ways through which we channel our spite. The Considerate Youths have been through the same trials as the Spiteful Generation; we have seen the same issues; we have struggled with the same internal conflict over the distraught nature of the world around us. But, in all these things, we of the Considerate Youths have hope. Hope for a better world; hope for change; hope to assist in the progress of fixing the issues we see.

The Considerate Youths have taken their spite for the condition of the world and turned it into motivation, into action. It is from the Considerate Youths that many sub-movements have sprung.

It is the Considerate Youths who have taken large steps in generosity. For a generation of have-nots, the Considerate Youths are more receptive to independent artists in music, art, writing, and game design. The Considerate Youths have taken a stance on the tipping and food service industry, often tipping above the recommended and treating their servers with more kindness and respect than others would. The nature of expensive loans that plague our generation has affected us to give without expecting a return on our investment – either expecting only the original amount or less back.

It is the Considerate Youths who have taken the Internet and turned it into a medium for empowering, educating, and unifying the masses. The Internet, a place of free speech, of anonymity, and of cyber-bullying, is slowly changing. Our generation is taking it and creating a place where information can be used to quickly inform anyone and everyone regarding many of the things that we are concerned with. We are using it as a place to share our real life experiences and general knowledge, helping bring others together through making it easier for people to experience life and culture that they may not normally have the opportunity to. As much as political correctness can get out of hand, websites – like Tumblr, even – have made big steps in recognizing the genuine issues with mental health care within the United States. They’ve also provided for youth who otherwise might not be able to see others’ perspectives to understand real issues of inequality and suffering between classes, races, genders, and other issues, allowing us as a generation more opportunity to create one solid voice defaming the hatred that fuels those movements.

It is the Considerate Youths who have also recognized the hypocrisy that can come from the Internet and taken the responsibility to call out that hypocrisy, pointing out the hatred that has stemmed from these social justice movements and demanding that we, as a generation, are motivated by love for others and not hatred.

It is the Considerate Youths who have genuinely recognized their civic duty and are not afraid to boost their voices on real issues. Our generation, through the Internet, has been one of the most informed young-voter demographics in the past several decades. In recent elections, our generation has had a higher and higher turnout, wanting to effect the movement of politics as we have begun to gain confidence in our voice and to build a desire to instigate change.

In saying all these things, I do not mean to disparage the works of the Generation X'ers, The Baby Boomers, or any of the countless generations before us. There were always members of the generations who promoted these ideals and built them over time. My point is not to diminish that, but to boost the efforts of the Considerate Youths. Perhaps it is the effect of changing communications technology. In the modern era, the works of the Considerate Youths can spread more easily; can build more momentum and support; and can be heard across the nation. And it is this empowerment that has allowed the Considerate Youths to take a real stance and hold weight with the public in its efforts to bring about a “New Age,” where we can mitigate the issues we struggle with every day.