{"id":143,"date":"2024-03-10T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2025-02-22T19:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:17:04","slug":"yup-im-ageist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/yup-im-ageist\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Yup. I&#8217;m Ageist."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1000011203.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1000011203.jpg 959w, https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1000011203-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1000011203-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m also, at 68, what you might call age-ey, but that&#8217;s beside the point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what ageism is? See the definition below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1000005297-1024x964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1000005297-1024x964.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1000005297-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1000005297-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1000005297.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, am I wrong? Are we all equally able, no matter what our age? Where do you draw the line?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want a 90 year old piloting the airliner you&#8217;re flying in? Are you okay with an 85 year old brain surgeon? Should an 80 year old be responsible for running your country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for me, equally important, should an 80 year old who has never in his adult life held a real job be in charge of whether you have one? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current government of the United States is on average, the oldest in history. The average age in the Senate is 65. 54 of the 100 Senators are over 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average age of the House of Representatives is 57, which definitely better than the Senate but nearly 1\/3 of the House is over 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s just crazy that our country is run by so many people who very likely are getting beyond their mental prime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m also, at 68, what you might call age-ey, but that&#8217;s beside the point. Not sure what ageism is? See the definition below. But, am I wrong? Are we all equally able, no matter what&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-common-sense","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theuncompliant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}