[J-French]

Just because older people ‘lived through’ being disrespected when they were younger does not give them the right to disrespect anyone, even younger people. Maybe if we didn’t focus so much on ‘hierarchies of respect’ and just tried to treat all other people equally well, we would not have things like ‘generation gap’, ‘obnoxious teens’ or ‘grumpy old people’. Maybe we could all just take each other as individuals and remember that everyone has something to teach. Some people go through more trauma before they turn eighteen than others have their whole lives, who has earned more respect for their ‘experience’ then? Besides, do you really think that your place at the top of the ‘hierarchy of respect’ is going to console you when you are stuck in a nursing home when your family can barely stand to come visit you because you’re a cranky old person who just tells them to ‘live through’ their problems and concerns?

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Name : J-French, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 24, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : unemployed, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class, 

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