with all the ageist adults in this society.

Existing as an ego for more years does not mean you're smarter.

It does not mean you're wiser.

It does not mean you're better.

It does not give you the right to put words in younger people's mouths and thoughts in their minds.

It does not give you the right to talk out of your ass degrading, shaming, humiliating, ordering, belittling, and insulting without consequence - at the same time, professing to be innately qualified to speak for, think for, choose for, pass judgement, and stereotype those younger than you.

It certainly does not mean you command more respect.

It literally JUST means you're older.

I'd like to see some fucking respect for the equality of every state of being from birth to death.

Fucking... people saying Renesmee Cullen was inappropriately groomed by Jacob Black are actually completely disregarding the girl's status as a person (in a fictional universe - still it pisses me off to no end).

People saying my niece was inappropriately groomed by me are actually completely disregarding her status as a person too.

How about: CHILDREN'S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ARE EQUALLY VALID.

That should be TRUE.

But NPCs recoil in fear with a simplistic slippery slope fallacy: "we can't give children equal consideration - can't you see that humanity would somehow immediately devolve into chaos?"

Being more intelligent than 99% of the population can be incredibly fucking aggravating sometimes.

~ RBL