What generational language is empowering vs demeaning?
And if you do use the language today, I don't know what exactly I'm curious about. If it made you feel dismissed when you were younger, why would you use the language today? Why would you want to do that to somebody else? Okay, so first I'm curious about whether youngster, young people, et cetera, that kind of language, if it feels infantilizing and dismissive. And then my next question is then what language is preferable and more ideal?
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
That's not cool. Swell. Guess what? I tend to do the same thing with my son, and it disturbs him when I do that. And so we've had conversations about that, and now I'm more mindful of it. I have an increased awareness
But in this particular case about phrases like young people or youngsters, I don't don't know if that's just me not liking it or if it really is something that is to consider. How does it make people feel when they hear that and they're considered, quote unquote, young? It's not the words themselves, necessarily. It's what follows it. Right?