Bea showed his hand on the matter when he cited Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion from the US v. Skrmetti case, an opinion no other justice joined him in and which seemed solely intended to attack trans people and their mental health.
Yeah, it mainly seems to be Judge Bea being a bigoted asshole. Which makes sense when you account for the fact that he is … 92 years old.
Every day I feel more sure that we should have let the coronavirus cook for another year before releasing the vaccine. Getting rid of even 30% of these old fucks would have done the world an immeasurable amount of good.
Y’know, I closed the thread but I’ve opened it back up just to reply to this a little bit. Not much, but a little.
In brief: Going after ‘boomers’ is like going after white people for racism. Yes a lot of racism is white, but not just white and not all white is.
If you look at stats, you’ll find a surprising number of ‘boomers’ are progressive. And with all the “let them die off” talk, you really risk missing the stats on younger people, which are starting to skew more fascist that perhaps you realize.
The problem is not going to die off. It is pervasive across all ages of people. And yes, a lot more boomers are asshats than younger generations. But if you write off “old people” all in one go, you lose out on a lot of support that’s there as well as remain ignorant of the younger people coming up dredged in fascism.
So I’m not intending to be critical of you, just hopefully give you something to consider. Now that I said it, do with it as you will. lol. Just that writing off older generations like older people will often write off younger generations seems to me to be a distraction from the real issues. :)
If you look at stats, you’ll find a surprising number of ‘boomers’ are progressive. And with all the “let them die off” talk, you really risk missing the stats on younger people, which are starting to skew more fascist that perhaps you realize.
I would say that the american definition of progressive and mine are probably off by quite a bit. A chunk of them may vote for the center right DNC candidate, but how many will fight for trans people, progressive taxation on themselves, socialized healthcare, free/subsidized education and housing, any of the very basic ideas that even the “progressive” party labels as socialism?
Another thing I would say is that the primary reason that younger people are increasingly idealizing fascist sentiments is because older generations were so aggressive about capturing every cent of wealth for themselves that they have effectively stolen the future away from their grandchildren.
The problem is not going to die off. It is pervasive across all ages of people. And yes, a lot more boomers are asshats than younger generations.
Yes, but how many of those people have been in positions of power for 60 years… We’re talking about a 92 year old judge who is completely out of touch with reality.
remain ignorant of the younger people coming up dredged in fascism.
Just because I’m aware of older fascist does not make me unaware of younger fascist. I just know that the older generations are the driving force behind fascism gaining strength in modern times.
And the older generations of progressives are the driving force behind the progress we’ve made.
Not really… The vast majority of older progressive are third way Democrats centrist who sold off social safety networks for economic growth, thus driving more young people to fascism.
Yeah, it mainly seems to be Judge Bea being a bigoted asshole. Which makes sense when you account for the fact that he is … 92 years old.
Every day I feel more sure that we should have let the coronavirus cook for another year before releasing the vaccine. Getting rid of even 30% of these old fucks would have done the world an immeasurable amount of good.
Y’know, I closed the thread but I’ve opened it back up just to reply to this a little bit. Not much, but a little.
In brief: Going after ‘boomers’ is like going after white people for racism. Yes a lot of racism is white, but not just white and not all white is.
If you look at stats, you’ll find a surprising number of ‘boomers’ are progressive. And with all the “let them die off” talk, you really risk missing the stats on younger people, which are starting to skew more fascist that perhaps you realize.
The problem is not going to die off. It is pervasive across all ages of people. And yes, a lot more boomers are asshats than younger generations. But if you write off “old people” all in one go, you lose out on a lot of support that’s there as well as remain ignorant of the younger people coming up dredged in fascism.
So I’m not intending to be critical of you, just hopefully give you something to consider. Now that I said it, do with it as you will. lol. Just that writing off older generations like older people will often write off younger generations seems to me to be a distraction from the real issues. :)
You aren’t wrong, but also, “not ALL men…” Or “not ALL cops” or “all lives matter”
I would say that the american definition of progressive and mine are probably off by quite a bit. A chunk of them may vote for the center right DNC candidate, but how many will fight for trans people, progressive taxation on themselves, socialized healthcare, free/subsidized education and housing, any of the very basic ideas that even the “progressive” party labels as socialism?
Another thing I would say is that the primary reason that younger people are increasingly idealizing fascist sentiments is because older generations were so aggressive about capturing every cent of wealth for themselves that they have effectively stolen the future away from their grandchildren.
Yes, but how many of those people have been in positions of power for 60 years… We’re talking about a 92 year old judge who is completely out of touch with reality.
Just because I’m aware of older fascist does not make me unaware of younger fascist. I just know that the older generations are the driving force behind fascism gaining strength in modern times.
And the older generations of progressives are the driving force behind the progress we’ve made.
Not really… The vast majority of older progressive are third way Democrats centrist who sold off social safety networks for economic growth, thus driving more young people to fascism.