To the editor: As a senior efficiency artist and self-appointed “sidewalk therapist” for the politically exhausted since 2016, I wholeheartedly agree with the premise of this text (“Why older Americans are Trump’s biggest nightmare,” Could 8). Impressed by Lucy from “Peanuts,” I arrange a sales space throughout Los Angeles, providing an area for individuals to vent. What stands out most is the age of those that cease to speak — most are over 50. I’ve met unimaginable individuals, lots of whom are indignant, pissed off and simply have to be heard.
What frustrates me at instances is how youthful individuals usually stroll by and fake I’m invisible. Nonetheless, the expertise has been deeply rewarding. In these tense and polarized instances, I’ve realized that having a humorousness is crucial to surviving the insanity. My sales space could also be easy, however the conversations I’ve had there reveal simply how determined individuals are to attach — and the way highly effective listening could be.
Denise McCanles, West Hollywood
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To the editor: Thanks for the insightful piece about older Individuals protesting the Trump presidency. As I’m a type of older of us, Joni Mitchell’s plaintive chorus from her 1970 tune “Massive Yellow Taxi” got here to thoughts: “Don’t it at all times appear to go that you just don’t know what you bought ‘til it’s gone?”
Paul Horgan, Huntington Seashore
