• diablexical
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    11 months ago

    We limit responsibility for youth, is that bigotry?

    • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 months ago

      No. Bigotry is when you assign a presumption to a group based on a completely unrelated parameter associated with that group. It would not be bigotry to limit the age of those serving in congress. It is bigotry to say that every old person’s brain doesn’t work.

      “proof that old fuckers shouldn’t be allowed in politics due to a literally dysfunctioning brain”

      • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        So by and large young brains don’t work as well as adult brains. The same is true for the elderly. Your argument makes no sense except you’re biased against the young. During Vietnam would you rather have had Nixon and
        Kissinger in charge or some wicked smart 17 year old hippies. I know what most people would choose these days.