Oh, so much agreement on the ageism thing! Most of the time I am blissfully spared of being aware of it, as my fandom's have beloved main characters who are upwards of 50. Then I spend time on tumblr...
An older friend of mine pointed out that the younger folk need to have space that they feel is theirs, and asked me how realistic was my view of elders when I was 25--ouch!
I think what gets me is younger folk asserting that the reason someone they know in their 40s 50s or 60s is being racist or homophobic, etc. is an inevitable result of the times they were raised in. Of course someone in their 50's is naturally racist, anti-feminist, etc. because "the late 70s were all "Leave it to Beaver" and segregation" and they just didn't know any better, poor dears...
Having said that, my lovely RL and online friends in their 20s never act like that, so I'll just give my walker a couple of shakes in tumblr's direction :-)
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An older friend of mine pointed out that the younger folk need to have space that they feel is theirs, and asked me how realistic was my view of elders when I was 25--ouch!
I think what gets me is younger folk asserting that the reason someone they know in their 40s 50s or 60s is being racist or homophobic, etc. is an inevitable result of the times they were raised in. Of course someone in their 50's is naturally racist, anti-feminist, etc. because "the late 70s were all "Leave it to Beaver" and segregation" and they just didn't know any better, poor dears...
Having said that, my lovely RL and online friends in their 20s never act like that, so I'll just give my walker a couple of shakes in tumblr's direction :-)