Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I'm a 63 yr-old and I'm tired of old establishment Dems whining about our great Young Democrats [View all]emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)young. Before that, a high school teacher. Before that, worked with youth in a non-profit. Also did an internship at our local youth guidance center.
I have always felt most comfortable and inspired by young people.
But I am not appreciative of the tone I encounter in some political spaces where older politicians and activists are painted in the most unfavorable and stereotypical terms, the mere fact of youth elevated as an ideal.
I have found much diversity in youth. I taught in a liberal city, perhaps one of the most liberal, at a college that had been the site in the sixties of mass student protests.
Yet many of my students years later were Bush fans! I had a great exchange with an African-American student, a conservative, who called me out for showing too much liberal bias in the classroom.
I happen to think some of our new house members could learn a thing or two from older hands, and also expand their experience and future prospects in working on being team members. That neednt silence them or curtail their industrious energy in supporting and promoting policy.
Criticize Biden on issues, not age. Age is not a political leaning, as we can learn from the many radical elders still extant. At the same time, I recall millennials and younger prominent among that ugly new-Nazi mob at Charlottesville.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden