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Unfortunately, that's the definition of ageist.

If you cant see what's wrong, try finishing this sentence in your head "I don't want to be sexist, but women .."

To be fair, he said he didn't want to be ageist, not that he wouldn't be.

Age is a factor though in how people think and perceive the world yeah? I do apologize thankfully I'm not in a position where my bias hurts anyone but myself and I'll work on my thinking.

That is an argument that ageism is right, not an argument that your post isn't ageist.

I guess my question is ..

Is it true age has a correlation with perception?

If so - is that truth itself ageist?

Let's work from a definition here; I think this is the kind of "ageism" we're talking about (sourced from dictionary.com):

> a tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention, or unsuitable for employment.

I think this clarifies things, doesn't it? Even if you somehow objectively prove that older workers are unsuitable, or less suitable, for employment, that doesn't make a philosophy against hiring older workers not-ageist. It just means that ageism is correct (to be clear: hypothetically. I am not endorsing that view).

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