Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
Do people not realise that 'immigrants' are actually people?
Criminals are people, too; yet we lock them up in prisons for years. It's not a 'realisation' that is particularly relevant in this context.

Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
Another disconnected generalization without regard for causality. Generally speaking, the old have been far too infirm and far too few in number to even constitute a distinct demographic in the first place.

If you want anecdotes, look to the readiness of "senior citizens" to march and gather in protest in the United States and Japan on conservative planks and for self-advocacy.
I'd also add that the young may be more impulsive, and that they presumably have more hormones raging in their blood.