I respect the hell out of Bernie for so many reasons, but this proves that he is too old for the moment and its time to retire. Most 84 year olds just are-- and it shouldn’t be taboo to acknowledge that. They were raised in a different time and to one degree or another they are unable to reflect the values of the vast vast majority of the rest of modern society. It will happen to us all. A society’s ideas are temporal, and at a certain point, almost all of the people who share a certain set of ideas become extinct, thank god.
“Dont listen to grandpa’s racism/extremism/sexism/barbarism, he is from a different time. Let him ramble and don’t take it too seriously, and rememeber to measure all of him, not just his outdated ideas.”
They were raised in a different time and to one degree or another they are unable to reflect the values of the vast vast majority of the rest of modern society.
Ethnic cleansing and ethno-nationalism were against the values of his time too.
It will happen to us all.
Speak for yourself, plenty of people go their whole lives without supporting genocide.
I respect the hell out of Bernie for so many reasons, but this proves that he is too old for the moment and its time to retire. Most 84 year olds just are-- and it shouldn’t be taboo to acknowledge that. They were raised in a different time and to one degree or another they are unable to reflect the values of the vast vast majority of the rest of modern society. It will happen to us all. A society’s ideas are temporal, and at a certain point, almost all of the people who share a certain set of ideas become extinct, thank god.
“Dont listen to grandpa’s racism/extremism/sexism/barbarism, he is from a different time. Let him ramble and don’t take it too seriously, and rememeber to measure all of him, not just his outdated ideas.”
Ethnic cleansing and ethno-nationalism were against the values of his time too.
Speak for yourself, plenty of people go their whole lives without supporting genocide.