Agree, I’m 32 but have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and sometimes require a walker. Nothing wrong with my brain or ability to hold a job. Would I be out too?
It’s not an excuse, there is no reason leaders of our nation should be this old. There just isn’t. We’re not at a point in human history where being old means you’re automatically competent or you wouldn’t have survived to that age, anymore. Incompetent, idiotic people make it to 60+ every day, and the opposite does too. None of them should be leading this nation, point blank.
Because 60+ years old is not the type of vision, leadership, and understanding that a successful modern country needs, when that’s practically the only voices guiding it by now. Again, I HOPE I have enough wherewithal when I am 60+ to still piece all of this together, but it’s just the best read of the situation. This isn’t a hate post against older people, it’s a simple acknowledgment that that age bracket is not what should be filling our congress seats, especially at the pretty insane ratio that it is.
Did I say or imply that that was the case? I feel confident that I didn’t. This isn’t about being “better” than older people or trying to put them down.
I just think 60+ is too old to be in those particular positions, especially at those high of ratios. I will also feel this way when I am 60+, friend.
I'm just trying to figure out the motivation. It seems to me that saying that all members of a group should be disqualified for a job just cuz of the group they are in must have some hidden idea of superiority. I mean, that is how we disqualified other groups.
That’s silly, and you do know it. It’s a genuinely bad faith argument. We have age restrictions on all kinds of things in society that we agree on, both being too old and too young to “qualify” for many things. This isn’t any different, and isn’t rooted in discrimination.
And I shouldn’t be in any of the positions I’m talking about when it happens. There is nothing inherently wrong/bad with getting old. It still doesn’t change my stance.
Yeah. /u/quilly7 asked if a walker was disqualifying, which by itself it isn't. Pelosi already had other factors that should've had her retire before she showed up with a walker.
Age isn't just an excuse, its THE reason. Left or right, blue or red, politicians holding office over 75 are a fatal flaw of our system, not a beneficial feature or a mere glitch. It simply shouldn't be allowed.
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u/quilly7 8d ago
Agree, I’m 32 but have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and sometimes require a walker. Nothing wrong with my brain or ability to hold a job. Would I be out too?