• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    if it’s ageist to say that people can be too old to be in government, then it’s definitely ageist to say they can be too young, too.

    Imagine having a toddler command the nuclear football. (oh wait. we already had that.)

    • Drusas@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, ageism in the US is only illegal against older adults. I really struggled with this when I was overseeing young volunteers, one of whom was being treated like crap just because he was young by the older people he was volunteering for. Totally legal for them to outright speak of his age as making him useless (and he was a good worker! and kind!). I was so angry that I couldn’t do much of anything to help him.