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Can we not have ableist shitheads claiming that a man who has had a stutter all his life is neurologically unsound because they're mad their guy didn't win the last election
It’s actually kinda hilarious how you think the dipshit criminal is “my guy”. Really shows how little you types really think about politics beyond a capital R or D.
Enough of this virtue signaling bullshit. Joe Biden. Is eighty years old. Eighty. 8, 0. Donald Fuckhead Trump? An absolutely astounding three whole years younger. None of these geriatric fucks have any place in government. No one over twice the national average age represents the citizens of a country. And since you’re evidently such an expert on health and ableism, maybe you should do some research on how neurological degeneration occurs in the elderly and get back to me about that.
Have fun choosing between conservative grandpa #1 and ‘slightly centrist but still a republican disguised as a democrat’ grandpa #2 next year. Let me know how that goes for you.
I didn't say that, but I know whoever your guy is they didn't win and it makes you mad.
And?
I don't think anyone is too young or too old to be in government. Capacity to perform the duties required of the office isn't reflected in a number.
No one at any age represents the country purely by their age. We are a country of geriatrics, children, young adults, middle aged, and retirees.
Age is a risk factor but centenarians can be perfectly lucid while 55 year olds can get Alzheimer's. It's not a linear correlation, despite what you seem to think.
Okay dropping the whole “owning people on lemmy” schtick because I can’t stop myself from laughing at that first point. Genuinely, please dear god - if you weren’t referring to Trump being my guy by saying “can we not have people” while replying to me with a comment ending in “their guy”, then who in the gosh darn h*ck were you talking about? Are they in the room with us now?
I think he was talking more about the primaries. The sad part is even then the left wing alternatives to Biden were also old. Bernie was old, Warren was old, and none of the other candidates were significantly more left than Biden.