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David S. Bernstein@dbernstein.bsky.social |
IMO this is a straight-up ageist and ableist image, no?
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m. hela fella
@marguerite00.bsky.social
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Yes it is, it is also untrue.
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LG Katzen PhD Votes Biden
@lgkatzphd.bsky.social
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How about like this?
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ᴅᴏᴡɴ10⸻
@down10.bsky.social
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He should be in a hovering chair like Professor Xavier
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Erick, smells like winter, even in spring
@ericklw.bsky.social
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No it's not. On top of that it's 100% true. 😐
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Shon
@coldbrewsoymilk.bsky.social
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At minimum, it's low quality and sucks like most Economist material.
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David Marshall
@funmandave.bsky.social
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The rebuttal is so damned obvious, too.
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Steven White
@notstevenwhite.bsky.social
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I agree this specific image is ableist, but I don't see why ageism is bad in politics, especially for the presidency. It's not remotely similar to concerns about age-related hiring discrimination in the private sector or something.
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David Niall Wilson
@davidniallwilson.bsky.social
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It is. I wouldn't share it because that's what they want, but absolutely ... it's a dick move.
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Robyn Eckhardt
@robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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Everyone over 80 uses a walker and everyone using a walker is over 80/experiences ‘senior moments’.
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Frannie, herself.
@frannieoh.bsky.social
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Now they should do Texas!
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NorCal Lynne
@norcal-lynne.bsky.social
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That cover is so horrible, what the heck are they thinking, not only is it ageist it’s extremely offensive to those who may have a disability.
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@anonymoustroll.bsky.social
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Are they talking about the old guy, or the old guy that's 3 years older? One of them has a team of highly competent people around him helping him run the country. The other has oatmeal for brains & will surround himself with sycophant, Nazis that will work tirelessly to end Democracy in the USA.
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WhatAimeeWrites
@whataimeewrites.bsky.social
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Yes
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Susie Steinbach
@susielaurie.bsky.social
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Yes
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Julian (They/Them)
@dazerla.bsky.social
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Yes as has this whole discussion around Binden's performance.
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Julian (They/Them)
@dazerla.bsky.social
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Chris Broome
@cabroome.bsky.social
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Which one are they talking about? I haven’t seen Biden need help navigating a ramp
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@gjkoos.bsky.social
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Far McKon
@farmckon.bsky.social
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I DON'T KNOW, LETS GO AS FDR.... OK, FDR SAID "@#€_!## @€&;€'* @#€;*", WHICH I TAKE AS "NO"!
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@bluerabbit777.bsky.social
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It is.
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Spicy Bonus Content
@spicybonuscontent.bsky.social
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Equating not speaking clearly w/ not thinking clearly is about as old a form of ableism as there is. That's why the word "dumb" has its two meanings. Embracing that ancient bigotry seems to be a price a lot of supposedly enlightened folks are suddenly willing to pay to perform their hate for Biden.
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wildmonkeysects™
@wildmonkeysects.bsky.social
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Translation: Ignore Trump's addictions and dementia; we want tax breaks for billionaires and corporations.
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Kerry Reid
@kerryreid.bsky.social
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Imagine what they would have said about FDR.
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One Who Walks Among the Dead
@anubisthejackal.bsky.social
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Yes, but, are disabled people REALLY people? Maybe they just be ground up and fed to dogs or something. (Please note: I am being facetious. This is a joke)
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🔻US Taxes Fund Israeli Warcrimes🔻
@bigamishdoinks.bsky.social
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The president is 81 years old and is declining mentally at a rapid clip. It's not ageism to make a cover acknowledging that fact
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@tb1028.bsky.social
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Old people are ruining the country and making younger gens poorer. Idc if it’s ageist
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Jeffrey Saltzman
@hineni24.bsky.social
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Cancelling my subscription
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Tim Just Tim
@timkrauss.bsky.social
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Are they saying being a moron who is a traitor a rapist and a pedophile who is good friends with Jeffrey Epstein IS a good way to run a country (and get thousands of Americans killed by a pandemic)?
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@sorcafa.bsky.social
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dafuk do you mean ageist. you can't be president if you're under 35 years old. what the fuck would you call that?
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Robert Pouder
@pouder.bsky.social
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Being ageist is cool though
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@maryan506.bsky.social
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Yep.
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Jeff O'Connor 🏳️🌈
@jeff-oconnor.bsky.social
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Of course not. I mean, The Economist is totally OK with this shit. How could they possibly be ageist or ableist?
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Metamorphosis Rox
@metamorphosisrox.bsky.social
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Contrary to popular belief, yes, yes it is. It’s also ableist. We did have a president who ran the country from a wheelchair…and he was 63 when he passed away.
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Not Great Bob
@samonek.bsky.social
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Same cover but a maga branded straight jacket
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Dr. Doug
@raptorbreath.bsky.social
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yo dipshit, it's not criticism of some random dude. he's the president. pull your head out your ass
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Alex Bowles
@alexqgb.bsky.social
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No.
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Thomas Fuchs 🔭🕹️
@thomasfuchs.at
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yes
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MixBluets🌈🗽🌳
@mixbluets.bsky.social
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Cruelly so.
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Emerald Lavigne, subsumed by despair
@leftoidsadhu.bsky.social
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Hi I have a memory FDR existed Fuck this shit I hate Biden and he shouldn't be running but this is some wag the dog shit
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Michael Henk
@mykenk.bsky.social
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Well yeah. That's what the right wants. Rampant discrimination against whomever whenever.
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🌙🥀Ithewin🍂✨
@sladeofyaupon.bsky.social
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No it's not
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José Madeira
@arpoador.bsky.social
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Hey: Maybe next week you can do a racist and sexist cover image? It would go well with this agist and ableist piece, and help cement your new identity of bigotry and discrimination.
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mechanical jam
@electricjelly.bsky.social
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But a guy perched on the shitter, tweeting furiously at 4am IS the way to run a country? Eat shit, ghouls.
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jon "RNC security perimeter enjoyer” schuster
@jschuster.bsky.social
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Ableist a f Utterly horrible.
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Bishop echo6
@bishopecho6.bsky.social
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FDR, the most elected POTUS in history, could not have walked with that device on his own for any substantial period. That mean his programs, policies, and vision, which are still defining America's place in the world, are garbage because of mobility?
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Shatter Ⓥ 𓅃
@shatter.bsky.social
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oh man... need a photoshop of this but in black and white with a wheelchair. eg: FDR Drive the point home.
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Tecno, the Woke ambassador for Wokeland.
@tecno.bsky.social
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Yes.
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Paula Schaap
@redsonja.bsky.social
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Big time.
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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉
@smenor.com
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It is indeed and completely ignores that genocide is disqualifying enough without the need to touch either of those
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I Slapped SCOTUS & Ouiser Boudreaux 😷💉
@nwayne66.bsky.social
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100%
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Ian Joyce
@ijoyce.bsky.social
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They should do facism next.
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grhoda
@grhoda.bsky.social
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alt text: cover of The Economist featuring a walking frame with presidential seal affixed to the front. Large white text beside it reads: NO WAY TO RUN A COUNTRY
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Andi
@andil.bsky.social
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Is it another Murdoch rag? If not it should be. the economist supports a wanna be emporer who is a known rapist, a career criminal, an adderal addicted, diaper wearing unrepentant liar … why would that be? 🤔
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Captain Sparklepants 🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇹🇺🇦🖖🎶
@captsparklepants.bsky.social
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FDR says hi. Fuck this bullshit. Despicable and vile.
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Carla Austin
@dswgratm.bsky.social
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I mean if they're going to single out POTUS they might as well put the entire Congress, SCOTUS, on blast for being too old.
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John Agnes
@johnagnes.bsky.social
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As someone who just spent nine years looking after an extremely able person who I loved dearly during geriatric decline, no, it's just pragmatic.
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Penguin 🐧😷
@penguin42.bsky.social
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Yes. I've been using one for seven or eight years now. My hips are weak, but my mind is strong.
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Freeze
@cfreiss.bsky.social
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Doesn't he literally ride a bike on vacation...?
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DoomGOLIAH
@doomgoliah.bsky.social
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no.
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Birb at Arms
@birblib.bsky.social
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TBH the Economist are handling this worse than the New York Times, which isn't something I thought was possible.
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HeyItsDuplex
@heyitsduplex.bsky.social
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Also gotta love how they're using Biden's age as a point against him as if THEIR candidate isn't 78 years old.
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@trebonar.bsky.social
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If Biden is 81 today and running for a second term, what are all they going to say when Donald Trump runs for his third term in 2028 and will be 81 by that point? Oh, I’m sorry. Trump will cancel the next presidential once he’s in power.
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Bobo The Talking Clown
@bobottc.bsky.social
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Also, FDR? Historically illiterate morons...
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pauly2coffees
@pauly2coffees.bsky.social
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Absolutely disgusting.
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Ty🦋
@tylercheek.com
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yea. there are valid reasons Biden can't be president anymore imo (he really is gone mentally) but making the implicit argument that anyone even mildly physically disabled can't do the job, or that if you're old enough for a walker you can't do the job, is ridiculous.
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Sava
@unicorntickles.bsky.social
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Ageist as fuck. Also…not sure how many people today know this but the longest ever serving president was confined to a wheelchair. Unassisted mobility isn’t a requirement to run this country.
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Alan Allport
@alanallport.bsky.social
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Yes
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Symbo1ics
@symbo1ics.bsky.social
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Ageist, ableist, economist.
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@booond.bsky.social
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Economist must be pro-rape
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Will
@willcrain2.bsky.social
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Wait’ll they hear about FDR
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Hot Lead Actual
@jamesmanto.bsky.social
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If anyone is going to need a walker it's Trump, not bike riding Biden
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81
@81horses.bsky.social
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I hate to point out that they could have done *worse*
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Ruth Nineke
@ruthnineke.bsky.social
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Also, ALT TEXT.
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Ruth Nineke
@ruthnineke.bsky.social
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No. It’s using imagery to invoke a strong reaction make a relevant point. Bc at what point is propping up an 80 year old elder abuse? The majority of Americans who need representation and leadership are not in their 80s. Government leadership should reflect the people of the times.
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Sleepy
@sean-p.bsky.social
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The image is, the sentiment isn't.
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Cj
@cjlink.bsky.social
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needs less ableism and more ageism imo
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Susieus Maximus
@susieusmaximus.bsky.social
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I hope more people are finally waking up to what a complete trashfire The Economist is and has been for years.
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Gwen McNamara
@timeandagwen.bsky.social
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I know of one Walker who was a successful Texas Ranger.
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Maltose Zaddy🍻
@troubeerdourks.bsky.social
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Wow, good thing the only president elected 4 times never used crutches or a wheelchair
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LaurenceM
@biglarry2k23.bsky.social
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Why would it matter if he had bad knees and mobility problems , if he also had a heart , had compassion for the people of his country, and had a good team around him, and was able to CONTINUE to govern effectively, and didn’t rob the state for his own and his family’s enrichment??
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Blanche K
@blanchekolaczek.bsky.social
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Yes
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Spoon
@spoon00.bsky.social
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Soon they will have their own page 3 girl.
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Iago Grimaldo
@archvillain.bsky.social
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Apparently, many prefer this approach instead:
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KA SEMENOVA
@kasemenova.bsky.social
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Plainly fascist. Biden as weak, enfeebled, infirm. Like the Weimar Republic.
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@ninjamonkky.bsky.social
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Ableist, yes, ageist, no. We recognize a retirement age for pretty much every profession, and definitely for professionals who deal in life & death. Electorate, is watching politician after politician prove to be physically unfit for their duties, DOJ has security concerns, age in fact matters here.
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@knowsit.bsky.social
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I'll take the honest, gimp, with the stutter over the lying, spray painted, felon
www.marieclaire.com/politics/new...
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Life Expert
@bensonisrad.bsky.social
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I mean when I think of people in my own family I see them as more than a walker or as medications they use. Seems like a slam by a mean girl at highschool.
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Christel
@bobthebird.bsky.social
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La Conquête du Panini
@botsnack.bsky.social
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From the economist? No way.
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Cj Rabbit🐇
@rhino-0s.bsky.social
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Scorsese is the same age and is still making movies. Wisdom is valuable. Everyone needs to get over the president being anything other than a seat and figurehead, with a competent organization around them. Yes Biden is not "powerful". But it is in stark contrast to their "God king". Show the team.
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Katherine 🐑
@katvanzan.bsky.social
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Sweet Sunday Jesus. No way to run a country = don't run for president if you have 34 felony counts and are an adjudicated rapist and fraudster.
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CJ the Awkward
@awkwardleftycj.bsky.social
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt would like a word.
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Twanald
@doodoobrain.bsky.social
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So The Economist is pro-fascism then?
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Mary Lynne Dittmar, Ph.D.
@dittmarml.bsky.social
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Yes.
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Mt Pleasant
@jekllnnhide.bsky.social
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what the fucking fuck
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pezpunk
@pezpunk.bsky.social
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Ableist, yes. But most old people fucking suck. Most of them are shitty stupid bigots who are absolutely mentally and physically incapable of running a country.
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mikevagomikevago
@mikevago.bsky.social
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And it's ageism in service of a convicted felon who's only three years younger.
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fishsanwitt
@fishsanwitt.bsky.social
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Of course it is!
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🎸Paul🎹
@paul.bsky.social
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Wonder if Greg Abbott is sweating right now about whether or not to say something…
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Eleanor Abernathy Ⓥ
@bron1954.bsky.social
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I agree. A person should be assessed on their capabilities regardless of age, ethnicity, gender etc.
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Random Lyrics guy
@bwoodward49.bsky.social
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Is it ageist and ableist if it's true? It is what it is.
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NathanL75
@nathanl75.bsky.social
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110%
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Tully Quinn
@tullyquinn.bsky.social
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Acting as if the entrenched, heavily medicated, barely coherent, geriatric leadership of this country isn't an issue is fucking stupid. Quit pearl clutching
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Jimmy (Ø) Jim (Ø) James
@jimmyjimjames.bsky.social
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Who is the most reliable group of voters in the USA?
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Theobius
@theobius.bsky.social
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ꀭeͤ✞ꌚe͎n̆̈ 𝕊⊍תּḋᥑy҉҉
@jetsensunday.bsky.social
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No
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@jenniferholton7.bsky.social
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The last disabled president we have saved the banks, gave us the New Deal, a social safety net (unemployment insurance, social security), and the right to collective bargaining, dragged us out of a recession, and won WWII.
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Michael of Manitoba
@manitobamichael.bsky.social
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yes but the gerontocracy is a problem
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patrick
@ptpower.bsky.social
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Targeting the Meme Crowd.
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Stephen Schiavone
@stephenschiavone.bsky.social
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The Economist: A British Magazine with a subscriber base of Americans who want to create an aura of intelligence and sophistication.
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carodjah!✨at the Sabzeruz✨
@carodjah.bsky.social
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Grandpa had a walker and he woulda beat Trump. And win against him, too.
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@electricpolecat.bsky.social
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Maybe for balance, they should do a cover showing Trump's adult diapers with the Presidential seal?
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cidonnelly1
@cidonnelly.bsky.social
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Do none of these people know FDR was paralyzed from the chest down?
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Rachel Walker
@orchidorkidum.bsky.social
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Given my mother used a walker for years and has been in a chair for about five, yeah, ableist as fuck. Screw the Economist.
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RTOIT
@rtoit.bsky.social
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Wonder if the Democrats are realizing how scuttling away from Biden like frightened bunnies due to a trumped up (pun intended) age problem is making them look to the older population. No way this is not offensive.
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@rbonnett.bsky.social
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tell that to the ghost of FDR you feckless cunts
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JNoodles
@jnoodles24.bsky.social
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The editor in chief of the Economist is a despicable person who goes on news shows and says that Biden needs to drop out because of his age.
youtu.be/7cmWbSv-GOE?...
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Blue Meme
@bluememe.bsky.social
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Red Emmy
@redemmy2.bsky.social
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Found the gaslighters. It’s y’all in these comments!
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@knitboi.bsky.social
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And yet you platform it.
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MEMaatman
@mmaatman.bsky.social
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I'm so over the ableism and ageism whipping around on social media right now. The ignorance of these people. Try looking up FDR, Economist.
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GustavoSuarez
@lungwort.bsky.social
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Oh yeah, 100%
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FeistyEnglishTeacher
@flower-power.bsky.social
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Pretty disgraceful. What ageist ignoramus thought this was acceptable?
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🇵🇸 from the Frederick to the Enchilada 🇵🇸
@markaudacity.bsky.social
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No. People old enough to be infirm because of age should not be running the country, any more than people young enough for binge drinking to still be a novelty should be. Disability doesn’t mean less valuable, but it does mean /less able/, and millions of lives ride on those shoulders.
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Warhammerchick
@celticdragon1.bsky.social
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The Economist, 1941
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Deral Fenderson
@fendersonia.bsky.social
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Alt text: Image from a cover of The Economist that shows a mobility walker (disability device) that is emblazoned with the presidential seal across the middle. The headline states: NO WAY TO RUN A COUNTRY
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Bridget Copley PhD
@moppety.bsky.social
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straight from the land of the notion of "benefits scroungers"
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The Design Guy
@jimmy2fonts.bsky.social
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Somebody needs to sit them down and tell them about FDR.
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RJ Productions
@sketchman.bsky.social
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No, actually, I don't think I want two octogenarian racists in clear mental decline should be put in charge of the entire free world My question is why are you people so comfortable with having your lives run by people who've been in power since the fucking Nixon Administration?!
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Matt Morhockey-Morbooks
@drakesmitha12.bsky.social
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Aye. 'Tis.
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colon musk 🤦♂️
@streamedhams.bsky.social
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what image would you use to represent this point wrt biden?
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colon musk 🤦♂️
@streamedhams.bsky.social
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yes but gets the point across, we have two incompetent old men to choose from and id be more angry about that than a picture
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MindCrime
@mindcrime.bsky.social
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FDR, one of our best presidents, was in a wheelchair. Physical mobility has nothing to do with it.
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@axamaqueda.bsky.social
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Not that much. Check US social security actuarial tables. The probability of dying and expectancy of life at the ages of Trump and Biden are very interesting. Is it ableist to ask for a living person? www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/t...
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Solaire of Astora 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌐
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Truly, I wonder how this is going to sit with older folks. It's insulting.
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Energetic Nova
@energetic-nova.bsky.social
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I was using one of those through my 20’s.
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KL
@angaeilgeoir.bsky.social
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The Economist’s headlines lately are completely Maga.
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Foxyfloof
@foxyfloof.bsky.social
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This is literally disgusting and inflammatory against literally anyone who needs a walker, of any age. Possibly actionable.
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Teeg Dougland
@arobertbitter.bsky.social
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Wouldn't expect anything less from the Economist.
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peter ⓥ
@avildsen.bsky.social
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jfk would like a word… fdr too
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Queen Gwenevere
@queengwenevere.bsky.social
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YEP. Gross.
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Candace Robb Author
@candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
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A once respectable magazine goes down the tubes.
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Ana Isabel Mejia Andrade
@itoldyouso13.bsky.social
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I have seen this movie before, oh yeah, smells like 2016 again? Did we learned or we are about to find out? Is the same strategy
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@Burnsie
@ljburns.bsky.social
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It sure is
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@Burnsie
@ljburns.bsky.social
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Absolutely
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@reddog2.bsky.social
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Fdr
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travelincatdoc, dvm jd
@travelincatdoc.bsky.social
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1. Needing mobility assistance has no bearing on one's ability to be president 2. Not all older people need mobility assistance 3. Not all people who need mobility assistance are old
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Ron
@ronnystickshift.bsky.social
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Absolutely yes to both
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Mike Cohen
@mikec415.bsky.social
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Yes
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Amber
@theamber.bsky.social
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*trumps name is written on the back*
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Father John Chungus
@sorocchungus.bsky.social
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FDR gonna come back and whoop some ass
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Bonnie Johnson
@bonjohnson.bsky.social
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This is no way to run this country either.
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Shifty Cow
@supergoofnz.bsky.social
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Everyone also seems to have forgotten all the times 45 wandered off topic, said ridiculous rubbish, and wandered off in the wrong direction or at the wrong time. And his rallies clearly show his mind has deteriorated markedly since 2020. Yet the media was and is virtually silent on that.
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Matcha⁶⁹🇵🇸
@matchateauwu.bsky.social
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Should have used Dianne Feinstein
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Matcha⁶⁹🇵🇸
@matchateauwu.bsky.social
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we need a better symbol for ancient people than a walker then
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Kat Z
@katzindc.bsky.social
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Happy Disability Pride Month from The Economist.
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
@kentparkskeet.bsky.social
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There’s no option on the economist site for feedback, unless you’re a subscriber. I hope any subscribers here will take the time to flood the chat line on their site.
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📼 gay rat george willard 💿
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it would make ok scare quote cover about how the u.s. would never, ever permit itself or its people accommodations for any reason. everything must be needlessly difficult-to-impossible and those who question or do not survive this "normal" simply (must have) lack(ed) will no quotes and def no good
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Chuck Tryon
@chutry.bsky.social
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FDR would like a word. Very much ableist and ageist.
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Demblu
@phranklindb.bsky.social
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Apparantly no one at the Economist knows of anyone who relies on Social Security & medicare to live another day of his life. What an insulting & disgraceful thing to image. Sick fk.
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Susan Ballinger
@peculiarsusan.bsky.social
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Jesus.
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@faddy.bsky.social
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“No way to run a country” How fucking dare they.
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Voters Are Our Last Hope
@theprestige.bsky.social
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The media has jumped the shark.
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Cangal 🥄
@cangal.bsky.social
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Entirely ableist - young people use walking frames too.
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Billy 🇵🇸❤️🌈🕊
@jesterthejedi.bsky.social
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Its just TRUTH.
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Carl Ballard
@carlballard.bsky.social
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Neither of them needs a walker. Like all the bs implied is gross, but it's also wrong on its face.
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Parkdale (R18+)
@parkdaleart.bsky.social
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Good
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Thena
@thena.bsky.social
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And during Disability Pride Month, of all times.
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Pyrholidon Enthusiast ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@pyrholidon.bsky.social
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FDR ran the country from a wheelchair.
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Robin Friend
@robingsf.bsky.social
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Sen Tammy Duckworth might like to have a word with the editor.
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Michael D
@saltymichael.bsky.social
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Where is the picture of trump with a 12-year old girl???
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Al G Rhythm
@algrhythm.bsky.social
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FDR would like a word.
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Sagittarius A*
@sagastar.bsky.social
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at least put some tennis balls on it
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Karistina Lafae 🧚♀️ AuDHD Bedbound Faerie Godmother
@karistinalafae.bsky.social
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Yep. Also...an insult to FDR. Who needed a wheelchair. Almost as if you don't need to be physically able to run a country, but you do need to know what the fuck you're doing.
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Jason Kosnoski
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In addition to the ageism and ableism, and I hope someone has said this already, but the President doesn't run the country. The President doesn't even "run" most of the activities of the executive branch.
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Mike Keating
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they shouldnt have used a mobility device as a synonym for "old." but imo there maybe should be some ageism when it comes to critical roles like POTUS. human beings deteriorate with age, thats just reality.
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3liza
@3liza.bsky.social
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no. "the president should not have senile dementia" is not an ableist position
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Orla McCool
@orlamccool.bsky.social
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Yes and yes.
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@stevehartzler.bsky.social
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It's ageist and it's accurate.
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@briangoofingoff.bsky.social
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Garbage media. 🖕 One of our best presidents was in a wheelchair. We did more than okay.
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Rowan
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I’m not sure whether it’s positive or negative that this image was posted without alt text… 🙃
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@skyactiv.bsky.social
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not one bit. dude is too fucking old.
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Not kidding; wish I was
@nkwiw.com
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i mean, it’s also factually untrue? feels so weird for the economist cover. (tho these days maybe they are tabloidish, I don’t sub anymore)
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B. Coul
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Biden is 81. Trump is 78. That is a difference of three years. Not 30. Not 3000. Three! That walker can go up the economists ass
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Matt Eilers
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designoMatt
@designomatt.bsky.social
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FDR would like a word
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brad
@bradiscranky.bsky.social
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Remember when Trump needed to hold a general's hand walking down a gentle ramp, back while still president ffs
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cats_hell_yeah
@sukatra.bsky.social
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Yup
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A-A-Ron
@aroun.bsky.social
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No
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Bunrab
@bunrab.bsky.social
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Ableist AF.
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Hipster Sasquatch
@hipstersasquatch.bsky.social
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Fucking offensively so. Like, I want 20 seconds with the brains behind this. Just to talk/flip them off repeatedly, I swear.
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Baba,Gido "supported the current thing" too!
@grmammatam55.bsky.social
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The Economist thinks that being a convicted felon sitting in a jail cell, house arrest or probation, banned from many countries is the way to run a country! Smh!
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Helen/Tina/Boob Punch
@tinavstammy.bsky.social
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Yes. It certainly is.
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Action Committee for Transit
@actfortransit.bsky.social
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Yes.
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Keith Purtell
@keithpurtell.bsky.social
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They did not publish this when Mitch McConnell went completely blank on camera.
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Kyu ♿️
@kyuofcosmic.bsky.social
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Wow I hate it
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Mrs. N
@btwnthesepages.bsky.social
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*stares at it aggressively in FDR*
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The Creatively Maladjusted
@tyrotcm.bsky.social
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And blatant as hell
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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)
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Ironic post without alt text.
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Dragonblaze
@dragonblaze.bsky.social
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When I was discharged from the hospital after having 2 operations on my broken ankle, I was given a Zimmer frame because I was not to put any weight on the ankle. It had nothing to do with my age or mental abilities.
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Linuxrebel
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Yes but it's a bandwagon they can jump on. When news became news and entertainment. It suddenly was required to show a profit to investors. That profit includes continuous growth. Since by nature news is not a growth media. They resort to these tactics.
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Supine Jennings
@supinejennings.bsky.social
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Making the point that the toughest job in the world requires a person mentally acute, physically strong, and able to meet the demands of the job day or night,…and you are going to cry about ageism?
Fuck Off!
#PassTheTorchJoe, Padawan Kamala has got this. 👍❤️🇺🇸❤️
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@bizmartin.bsky.social
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Why not a fucking wheelchair, The Economist?
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Randy Maoth
@runawaypiper.bsky.social
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The Economist fucking stinks
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her)
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
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yes
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@jlg13.bsky.social
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Someone needs to find a photo of FDR’s wheelchair
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Firaga Walk With Me 🔥
@akod.bsky.social
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As it should be. Old people shouldn't run a country.
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Kevin
@kja.bsky.social
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I'm shocked, shocked that a paper that employed Megan McArdle would do this
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Mary Joy
@maryjoy.bsky.social
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Feels like they should compare US and UK economies in the Economist.
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Brett Fiedler
@hadokenfieds.bsky.social
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Just think that Trumps going to be 82 at the end of his next term.
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Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
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Yes, both. Appalling.
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Eboni Bunni
@ebonibunni.bsky.social
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Wttff
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Tortilla the Hun
@midnitet0ker.bsky.social
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If he were Warren Buffett, yes. He's not Warren Buffett.
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Mr. Wednesday
@mrwendsday.bsky.social
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Economist are not known for their care for anyone with a pulse beyond themselves and immediate family.
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ASMEH
@asmeh.bsky.social
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Fixed it
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ASMEH
@asmeh.bsky.social
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Says the country where the president has ro be 35+
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Dieterjosef
@dieterjosef.bsky.social
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I am from Germany, so it's not my business. My honest concern is not about Joe Biden's age but about his cognitive decline. It accelerates, he is not the same like from two years ago. Do you know people personnally that use such a helper and whom you think were prepared to be president? When I >
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Lizardguy64
@lizardguy64.bsky.social
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How stupid can people be? We need old people in politics because they're the only ones with the time and money for it. Hell, we can't even guarantee new old people will have that luxury.
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Patrickworld 🌎👋🏾
@patrickworld.bsky.social
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Yikes.
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LunarBike
@lunarbike.bsky.social
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Honey, FDR did it four times.
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