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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:42 AM Original message |
What is it with Senior Citizens and their prejudice? Help pls. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Keep a tally |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I like that idea |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. I figured that, which is why I suggested time |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. Maybe you can have some of your community center people target the senior center ... |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. We were out to eat with my wife's Grandmother last week... |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Lots of folks like that down here in "friendly" redneckland so I had to think of a counter |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. not bad |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Did you keep quiet when she said that? |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yeah, I did. It was at her birthday dinner after all. |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Bingo! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. The age they grew up in |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. You do realize that there is racism in the Northeast. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Lost Cause |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agree. lost cause - greatest generation |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Wow. Way to overgeneralize and stereotype. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
87. No -- just a more difficult cause |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well...I'm an ass but I'd do this. |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I love the suggestion |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
80. May I suggest that you keep an eye out |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
48. I'm hoping this is just a joke... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. the country was very different during their formative years |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Again this is the reason. Mccain is even close in the polls |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I agree, but then again |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I think it may be a Lost Cause and if thats the case |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. DONE... |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. define 'senior' sparky |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. The youngest senior in my care is 86 |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. They need to be reminded.... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm a cusper (boomer>Gen X) but I was taught never to discuss politics with |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. One thing that I haven't seen discussed on this board regarding the generations |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is a generation that grew up in a time |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. Take heart. They aren't all that way. I'm not sure even a majority |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Deleted message |
pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Excuse me? Are you referring to my parents? N/T |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. WTH? |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. If you want to keep your job I'd suck it up and be quiet |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Thanks MaineDem |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
71. Who owns/runs the Center? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. You had me until |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Teach by example |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. My parents are in their seventies and avid liberal Democrats, |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'm a senior...so am I a racists, too? n/t |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. obviously not but it is a generational thing for some |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. I have to disagree ~~ from what I have seen... |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Hepburn, it's so hard to think of you as a senior. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. OMG.... |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Hey, that's not old, that's perfect. I'm 54 and I love |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. They desperately want to believe that their gains were due to merit rather than white privilege |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Some of those old people worked their |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Your "without any help from the government" and distaste at the suggestion of White Privilege... |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. How dare you! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Twas not my knee that jerked first, dear lady |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Oooookay.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
85. They did get help from the government |
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ladyVet (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. I don't know that there's anything you can do, |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. Not just seniors |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. If it makes you feel any better, |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. It isn't "Senior Citizens".. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Thank you. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
40. I'm sorry to disregard your request, but I think you are in the wrong job |
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LiberadorHugo (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Really now? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. What the fuck are you blathering about? |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
77. Ouch |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
41. One thing I learned from caring for a senior |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
51. I honestly don't think there's anything you can do. Most of the people |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Your workplace is not a scientific sample |
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ahem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
88. Well said. |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Some of them may be racist - but more than that, older folks |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. My Grandma is 87 years old and voting for Obama! |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
59. Maybe you can organize some kind of really fun event on election day. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. So, in nursing homes, the Constitution no longer protects the minority from the tyranny of the |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. you know the thing about 'teaching new tricks'... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
64. I think first you should stop stereotyping all senior citizens. |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Never my intention. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. I have a suggestion. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. You should check out this thread: |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. keep your job, do not cast pearls before swine |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
72. Here's the BS I was talking about ... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
74. If they had any dignity...they'd ask to be put on a raft and sent out to sea ! |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
75. If it's any consolation |
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ChipsAhoy (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. thanks! |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
78. My mom is 83 and is happily voting for Obama. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
79. I can understand why politics is off the table, however |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
81. Hmmm...I'm guessing you're pretty young? I'm middleaged. I understand them. |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
82. Prejudice comes out of ignorance |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
83. My mother will be 89 on Oct 1 |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
84. Racism/bigotry |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
86. I had 2 different elderly women tell me why they won't vote for Obama |
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