• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because young people are dumb as fuck too. It’s the same reason racism is bad - the distinction between the two groups is meaningless.

    For instance, you’re incredibly naive if you think congresspeople believe all the shit they say. They’re elected representatives saying things their constituents want said even if they disagree with them.

    I work with a climate lobby and one of the Republicans I was talking to drives an electric car and powers his house with solar. His official position is “climate change might be caused by people, but the jury is out.” He fuckin knows, he just can’t say it.

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      1 year ago

      So if everyone is dumb then shouldn’t we discriminate based on age as the only qualifier?

      What you said makes no fucking sense.

      Dumb people are EVERYWHERE. Let’s at least enact a mechanism to get them to retire by force if they won’t do it by choice.

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        Dumb people are EVERYWHERE. Let’s at least enact a mechanism to get them to retire by force if they won’t do it by choice.

        This mechanism exists.

        What you said makes no fucking sense.

        You understand this is the same reasoning people use for racism yeah? That’s fucked up man.

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          Except there’s no mechanism and it’s literally not racism because race is something you are and age is something you become.

          You’re arguments are shit. I’m not convinced in the slightest.

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            Few prejudiced people are easily persuaded. It’s fine.

            Not going to tilt at windmills all day over something that will never happen.

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              Cool so you have no real arguments other than some vague parallelism to some weird racist construct you’ve fabricated for yourself.

              Guess we’re done here.

              And yeah, I fucking HATE power obsessed old shitheel boomers. They all need to retire or die.