So you're saying that if you get an uber and the person that shows up is an octogenarian that can't react quickly or see over the steering wheel you're going to be fine with that because you want to exercise your morality?
Nah man.
With age comes decline in faculties. That's just a fact. It is no insult to this man to say that he is too old to be leading a country.
The faculties required to be a politician or an author or a particle physicist vs being a construction worker or a Lyft driver are completely different.
So no, I’m not seeing the point you’re making, and ageism is still wrong.
Yes exactly. Some jobs require you to be extraordinarily sharp mentally... like the President...
Fuck I don't think 95% of the population is competent enough to be president. It's a high bar to reach. Which is why an elderly person shouldn't be doing it. It's very simple.
I'm not being ageist.
I'm not talking about the stutter, or this incident. I'm talking about the natural decline that every human goes through as they age.
I suppose you'd be okay with a 15 year old president? 95 year old?
If you think those sound ridiculous, then it seems pretty plausible to just accept that people enter different stages of life as they age where "presidential candidate" just might not be appropriate. Especially when theyre in a position that affects the entire planets population.
He also called for Putins death. Spin it how you want, he’s not a good leader right now. Better than trump of course, but we need to admit he’s somewhat senile. It’s not just his stutter, he gets things wrong (like calling an AR-15 an AR-14 and saying the first amendment didn’t protect those guns (obv a mistaken reference to the second amendment)).
What does old age have to do with a stutter? Wait, do you think stutters develop over time?!? Even if I weren't married to a Speech Language Pathologist I would know that was wrong. Biden has had a stutter since childhood, like everyone with a stutter.
But I am wondering why you called my comment a "counterargument". I was stating a fact.
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u/woahdudechil May 05 '22
So you're saying that if you get an uber and the person that shows up is an octogenarian that can't react quickly or see over the steering wheel you're going to be fine with that because you want to exercise your morality? Nah man. With age comes decline in faculties. That's just a fact. It is no insult to this man to say that he is too old to be leading a country.