Why do they get the pass though? How come we have to be so nice to them - and have to defer to them if they were the one who hath erred?
In all likelihood they were more bigoted/misogynistic/ignorant that the generation that followed - why now do they become the receivers of deference (I'm sure this is an iterative process)? Should it not be the opposite? Should they not have to bear the cost of 1) the errors of their day, a generation that accepted, fostered, and embraced a less equitable society and 2) were responsible for raising the next generation that has as a whole done a less than admirable job at rearing the subsequent generation? Should they not be asking our forgiveness for the ills that they perpetuated?
This is to say - the next time you decide to hold the door for an old woman or man, consider the behavior you are rewarding.
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