Am I The Only Pot Stirrer?

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Lon

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I have admitted to being a Pot Stirrer but prefer to say that I am just trying to stimulate conversation. I was wondering who else besides me is reputed to be a Pot Stirrer, surely I am not the only one.:cool:
 

Lon said:
I have admitted to being a Pot Stirrer but prefer to say that I am just trying to stimulate conversation. I was wondering who else besides me is reputed to be a Pot Stirrer, surely I am not the only one.:cool:
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That's ok, Lon, stir all you want, but expect others to stir back at you.....have some prune juice.
 

No not at all son. It's just about agreeing to disagree. I can state some pretty unpopular opinions myself. But I temper them with being able to look at a few different sides of an issue. For example I feel strongly about US gun control. If I could wave a magic wand and make them all disappear our country would be a better place.

But I also realize where some of my anti-weapon feelings come from. I knew a young man who was shot to death simply because he was at work the wrong day. Legal or illegal there are just too many weapons period. But I also have family that were hunters. I can understand that at least shooting at a gun range might be kind of fun.

I can understand how in some areas guns might keep people safe from criminal elements. There are people who live in rural areas where wild animals can be a real danger. If I had a wild something ready to pounce on my cat I could easily shoot to kill.
So I could agree that guns aren't all bad either. There is "pot stirring" and being closed minded. Big difference there...
 
Shalimar said:
I eat prunes, I am not old yet. Lol.
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There are lot of jokes about old people and prune juice in our country but I don't find it funny. It is an ageism thing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageism

Ageism (also spelled "agism") is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age. This may be casual or systematic.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe discrimination against seniors, and patterned on sexism and racism.[SUP][3][/SUP] Butler defined "ageism" as a combination of three connected elements. Among them were prejudicial attitudes towards older people, old age, and the aging process; discriminatory practices against older people; and institutional practices and policies that perpetuatestereotypes about elderly people.[SUP][4][/SUP]
While the term has also been used to describe prejudice and discrimination against adolescents and children, including ignoring their ideas because they are too young, or assuming that they should behave in certain ways because of their age,[SUP][5][/SUP] the term is predominantly used in relation to the treatment of older people. Moreover, it has been pointed out that stigmatization does not only occur outside of the cohesively imagined group of the elderly but likewise takes place within the stigmatized group itself.[SUP][6][/SUP]
 
Lon started another thread a little while ago asking who ate prunes, or drank prune juice or something like that. I don't think anyone is being ageist, maybe just joking and referring to Lon's love of prunes. I don't eat prunes myself, as I don't need the added fiber but they are quite high in iron. Perhaps stirring the pot is like stirring up something else that is a result of eating prunes, which would make a stink.

My mother had a saying coming from the old country, 'If you don't want the manure pile to stink, do not poke it.' On the farms they used the cow manure to fertilize their fields.
 
I am a Gerontologist and there is a stereotype about old people being constipated all the time and need prunes. I don't believe in perpetuating stereotypes and I will speak out about them when I see them. If Lon where a black man and the poster told him to go and "have some watermelon and fried chicken" I'm sure people would have said something. Ageism is something that isn't well known. I have listened to people here talk about Islamophobia and Zenophobia and I have respected that is something we don't want to be. I don't think we want to be Ageist either, do we? There is much more to Lon than being old.
 
Cookie said:
Lon started another thread a little while ago asking who ate prunes, or drank prune juice or something like that. I don't think anyone is being ageist, maybe just joking and referring to Lon's love of prunes. I don't eat prunes myself, as I don't need the added fiber but they are quite high in iron. Perhaps stirring the pot is like stirring up something else that is a result of eating prunes, which would make a stink.

My mother had a saying coming from the old country, 'If you don't want the manure pile to stink, do not poke it.' On the farms they used the cow manure to fertilize their fields.
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The person that made the comment did not comment in his thread. Well, maybe you don't know it but you are a good one that will poke at the manure pile. lol
 
I don't poke, but sometimes accidentally bump, and even a tiny nudge can produce an overwhelmingly huge stench, so its best to be careful.
 
I only responded to what I felt was happening at the moment. I asked the poster what she meant by her remark and other people started making posts to me for which I responded; not sure I should have not knowing what the poster really meant. But this can also be a lesson on what ageism/stereotyping may look like for further reference.
 
Ageism (also spelled "agism") is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age. This may be casual or systematic.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] The term was coined in 1969 byRobert Neil Butler to describe discrimination against seniors, and patterned on sexism and racism.[SUP][3][/SUP] Butler defined "ageism" as a combination of three connected elements. Among them were prejudicial attitudes towards older people, old age, and the aging process; discriminatory practices against older people; and institutional practices and policies that perpetuatestereotypes about elderly people.[SUP][4][/SUP]
While the term has also been used to describe prejudice and discrimination against adolescents and children, including ignoring their ideas because they are too young, or assuming that they should behave in certain ways because of their age,[SUP][5][/SUP] the term is predominantly used in relation to the treatment of older people. Moreover, it has been pointed out that stigmatization does not only occur outside of the cohesively imagined group of the elderly but likewise takes place within the stigmatized group itself.[SUP][6][/SUP]
 
Lon, you may not be the only one, but you've got the biggest pot...
 

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