The Biden thing is a classic example of ageism in that he's basically Trump's age, but he *looks* older - Trump is obviously vain and makes a lot of effort to look younger - and what people care about is the appearance of age
Sometimes I wonder about is whether there’s ever any backlash to the extraordinary upsurge of ageism around Biden. Not people saying “he seems really old” - obviously he does - but the people who think this is a free pass to call him a “drooling senile retard” or make hospice care jokes and the like
It's something I think about as America gets older and older, the amount of kids who are gonna say their parents or grandparents are senile to loot their estates is gonna skyrocket.
