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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
It is stereotyping. Stereotyping is a form of discrimination. It doesn't matter if you are right statistically.
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Okay fine, but stereotyping, and generalization, is useful in discussing affairs. We do it every day. We're constantly categorizing. It's how we make sense of the world.
Blue Tyson said that an octogenarian is not likely to be an internet expert. The statement was correct, and there's nothing offensive about it. Whether Ursula Le Guin fits the (true) stereotype was a good question for us to answer, given how she was used in the conversation, but it wasn't an offensive question.
Judging by posts in the thread, Le Guin is more internet savvy than most people her age (though probably not an "expert"). That information helps us readers decide how much weight to give her opinion on the matter. I thank those who provided it.