Word: ageism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extremists. They represent no one but themselves. Reasonable conservatives (It's true! They exist! And we admit it!) do not automatically dismiss opposing positions as mere "PC bullshit" without giving them a fair hearing. Reasonable liberals do not throw around irresponsible, trumped-up charges of racism, sexism, homophobia, "ageism," "ableism," imperialism, militarism, "Eurocentrism" or "phallocentrism" to silence their intellectual opponents...
...sentry wearing a surgical mask. Another guideline called for "parity" at all conference events. Thus half of all committee members had to be "lesbians of color," 20% had to be lesbians with disabilities and at least 5% of the members "old lesbians" (definition: "over 50 with a history of ageism activism"). In some areas, however, organizers abandoned any effort to find common ground. Because vegetarians and carnivores alike were attending the conference, no food at all was available for sale...
...innocuous-looking blue door lies a Hillel in a handbasket. Especially shameful is the organization's insistence on masquerading as a group dedicated to upholding an ethical and moral tradition. These P.C. inquisitors are on the lookout to attack anyone who disagrees with them, accusing them of racism, sexism, ageism, and anything else they can think of, regardless of Truth. It's about time we attacked back. Jennifer L. Cooper...