@Siren_six I mean sure, but I suspect they're probably just using the mobility aid as a metaphor for the extremely advanced age of both the leading presidential candidates.

It seems reasonable to me to bemoan gerontocracy & campaign for a younger leader; while age does grant a measure of life experience, it also often leads to cognitive rigidity and decline.

A younger, brighter leader (ideally a bona fide genius & polymath) would almost certainly be a better pick from a capability standpoint.

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@IrelandTorin I get that, but her take is specifically from a disability perspective. There is a stereotype that only older people use walkers but that isn’t true, young people use them too. I would also argue one of the most influential American presidents of the 20th century governed the country during the Second World War from a wheelchair. It’s sucks that mobility devices are often shown in a bad light like this walker is in this example. A walker like a wheelchair is just a tool.

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