Celeb News: Ageist Burger Chain calls Madonna an "old lady" - Page 3

that G.U.Y.

People on here think people in their mid-twenties on here are old. Poor madonna

Rami328

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Originally posted by GreasyBruce

"Because nothing gets the taste of Black People/Asian People/Indian People/etc out like Umami"

Would you find that ok?

It's not that people don't know Madonna is in her 50s (which isn't really "old" but whatever, I guess it is if your life expectancy is short but considering her impeccable health and the care she gives to her body, it's only about half of her life). It's that the ad implies that old people are inherently gross. It ties into how society views older people at large, and how they are discriminated against when it comes to employment, are often forgotten by lawmakers and things like the mainstream gay rights movement (which cares a lot about marriage but not about what will happen to those married couples once they retire and need to find LGBT-friendly homes and such), there is a generalized culture of disrespect and neglect towards older people.

ageism and racism aren't comparable

someone can be ageist, but it's not like their never going to be 60 one day. Someone can be racist, but they will never ever wake up one morning and be the race they are prejudist against.

MotherSuperior

Madonna is the victim of both sexism and ageism almost every day.

Fast and Furious just made over $1bn, but nobody is calling out Vin Diesel for being almost 50.

Bríseis

Quote:

Originally posted by GreasyBruce

"Because nothing gets the taste of Black People/Asian People/Indian People/etc out like Umami"

Would you find that ok?

It's not that people don't know Madonna is in her 50s (which isn't really "old" but whatever, I guess it is if your life expectancy is short but considering her impeccable health and the care she gives to her body, it's only about half of her life). It's that the ad implies that old people are inherently gross. It ties into how society views older people at large, and how they are discriminated against when it comes to employment, are often forgotten by lawmakers and things like the mainstream gay rights movement (which cares a lot about marriage but not about what will happen to those married couples once they retire and need to find LGBT-friendly homes and such), there is a generalized culture of disrespect and neglect towards older people.

Those who act like to imply that people in their 50s are gross isnt ageism, or those who try to act that one form of prejudice is all right while the other is not or act like ageism is harmless are just stupid ignorants who have a lot of learning to do because they have no idea how the society works and how much pain and suffering can ageism cause. Just financial problems and the stress and pressure for unability to find a job because of age discrimination has ruined whole families and peoples health/lives and thats just the tip of the iceberg.