Americans have a real problem with older people and the concept of aging. The culture is rife with ageism.
It’s going to official bite us in the ass if we don’t address it. Wow.
I come from a culture (this part of me is VERY Nigerian) where “respect your elders” is pounding into your psyche. I’m glad.
I watch the way people talk about older people. The way we treat getting older, the fear, the denial, the sadness, the envy, 😮💨, it’s such a problem, smh.
We saw a nice dose of this in the US during the height of the pandemic when people didn’t care if the elders died. How they are useless, vapid and have no purpose, by definition. “Get out of the way, make room for me, a younger person”. Our elders!
Remember?? I do.
Note: My mother is journeying through Alzheimer’s and the jokes I’m hearing about the disease enrage me. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
I also know what it looks like. That’s not what I see with Biden. I see an old slower man, who still can and is willing (for some reason) to work, even if he has his moments.
And some of you hate that he is just old because you hate older people. Period. You need to address that with yourself NOW. And some of you are weaponizing the fact that he’s older in an awful way (while ignoring that Trump is, too, just in a different way).
NOTE: I’m not a democrat (I’m an independent who leans faaaaaar left on most issues…fuck a label, though. And I don’t move with a herd…sometimes that sucks, but it’s the way I am. I like my freedom and space) and I’m not a fan of Biden, though I respect (not agree with all!) his decades of work.
One more thing:
I wouldn’t judge Biden one bit if he decided to abandon the American people to the wolves surrounding us & just went to live the rest of his life in peace, quiet and luxury because for all his decades of effort, sooo many of you have been overly judgmental assholes to him.
Ijs. 😊
Like he promised he would the first time he ran? We’re so ageist, we’re about to elect another geriatric president one way or the other. I partially agree with you though - it’s practically elder abuse to elect either one of them for such a stringent job. We should be taking better care of them!
A whole sermon. I was raised similarly (First Nations) and I have never been ok with the way Westerners treat elders - the pandemic solidified for me I refuse to walk that path because the West tells me it is more advanced and 'civilised'.
If that is civilised, keep it, waisecu.
I’m not saying there aren’t fools that exist over a certain age group. But in the UK there is a culture that will park your parent in a care home and just wait until they die for the inheritance to roll in. This mentality is considered normal here.
in the us
at least with me
probably others
age doesn't equate reason or wisdom or responsibility
age equates a steadfast affinity for ego and lies and undeserving authority
isnt mere disrespect for snark's sake
doesn't mean elders are my enemy, just that age has never been inherent virtue
T is older in ways:
-biologically way older because of poor diet + movement
-emotionally older for lack of loving connection, positive thoughts, and optimism
-Alzheimer's in heritage, his father specifically
-no governing in LTM as Biden does
Joe Biden has been in US govt since age 29.
I've been appalled by the number of people who I thought knew better than to make an amateur armchair diagnosis, when experts who study aging & cognitive impairment all say, "this is not CI".
I am so sorry for her and for all of her family. It’s a terrible disease. I hope you all have support to deal with the changes, and can enjoy the good days when they happen.
It was mostly those elders being ignorant pieces of shit refusing to vaccinate or mask. Old people are disproportionately stupid shitty bigots. But sure let’s put them in charge.
I don't think it's what she was referring to. I was also stunned at the time of how many people simply didn't care that people were dying of C19 when they were old or already sick (i.e. the young and healthy thought they were safe, and that's all they cared about).
The young & healthy chafed at the restrictions/precautions because why should they limit their lives, since C19 kills only old people, who cares about those?This was the discourse for a while, & it happened before the vaccine too, when getting sick as an old person actually could have meant death.
