Bongulator
Well-Known Member
I can see a difference between "old geezer" and "nigger". Black folks aren't dumber, or slower, or slavier or anything else different from anyone else. Old people, however, are different from those that aren't old. Their bones break easier, they aren't mentally as sharp as they were when their brains were younger and their neural networks hadn't "locked in", they move slower, they have more health problems generally, their vision often isn't as good, nor their hearing, and so on. The "geezer" part is what's offensive, but there's nothing wrong with calling an old man an old man, just as there's nothing wrong with calling a tall man a tall man.
Also, since skin color doesn't affect anything else, there's no reason even to mention it. Age does affect things though, so it's informative. If I'm told I'm going to need to walk 10 miles to do some canvassing, I'd want to know if the dude coming with me is 90 years old, because that would mean I'd be going slower and would need to push dinner up a few hours. If he was black, that wouldn't affect anything, and I wouldn't need to know.
Also, since skin color doesn't affect anything else, there's no reason even to mention it. Age does affect things though, so it's informative. If I'm told I'm going to need to walk 10 miles to do some canvassing, I'd want to know if the dude coming with me is 90 years old, because that would mean I'd be going slower and would need to push dinner up a few hours. If he was black, that wouldn't affect anything, and I wouldn't need to know.
...I mean Paul.
