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In reply to the discussion: Yes DU trends to an older audience. [View all]BlueIn_W_Pa
(842 posts)but I think the OP is talking about the political "othering" that is used early on with tyrannical organizations that is being called out.
There was no, young people being ageist = nazis or "old people being victims = holocaust Jews" but using ageism to devalue and dismiss a class of citizens IS how totalitarians slowly take power until they take complete control. It really isn't right, especially since ageism is largely accepted everywhere. I mean, take "boomer" and replace it with "blacks", "jews", "immigrants" and it sounds a lot like white christian nationalist, MAGA rhetoric.
Not the best analogy or verbiage in the OP (or prose for that matter), but othering should not be generally accepted as a valid argument, especially among "boomer" (D)s here who have far more tenure in posts...