Opening line of a current Atlantic article: “Few professionals suffer more from ageism than athletes.” This is one of the major problems I have with liberal intellectuals. Concepts (and words) like ageism. Give me a fucking break. Athletes aren’t discriminated against because of their age, they lose value as they age because they become physically diminished in a job that requires an elite level of physicality. It’s a specialized job and not every gets to do it. Tough shit.