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That's true, but also not all changes were positive. And I can accept some, but others seem to cross the boundaries the wrong way.
by lostmsu 4y ago
That's true, but also not all changes were positive. And I can accept some, but others seem to cross the boundaries the wrong way.
- jacquesm 4y agoThink of yourself from the position of the owner of a plantation in the deep South a few hundred years ago. That sentence would apply just the same and it would be just as wrong. Getting older is a fantastic way to find out about what your prejudices and conditioning were. Those changes that really aren't positive will eventually self-correct, and those that really are but that we - oldies - are not quite ready to accept will correct as well, either when we change or minds or a bit later when we die. It's up to you to decide how much of a disconnect you want to accept with younger generations. I have four kids in a large range of ages and these same principles keep on being pressed home to me and I've yet to find one of those exceptions where my 'old self' was in the right. This aspect covers a lot of ground: traditions, discrimination, the whole woke thing, attitudes, music style and so on. Either you stay with the times or you'll be left behind there are no third options afaics. I'm having a relatively easy time to adapt on those things that I don't care about. The dangerous bits are those that I do care about and where I'm simply dead wrong. Typically the things I care more about are those things that I have invested either a lot of time or a lot of my ego in. Best of luck with this, it isn't an easy problem.