Yeah, that kind of approach might work if you're in your 40s or 50s and have "old man strength"--see the Zoomer shithead that got smacked around by that pastor a few days ago. But that shit isn't going to fly if you're an average westerner in your 70s. You don't have the tools anymore at that age, and running your yap at someone 50 years younger will likely see you get your ass beat or even killed.
I've mentioned before that Millennials are the Boomers of the 21st Century. It's why those two generations hate each other so much. They (correctly) see each other as competition in every aspect of socio-economic life, they both treat politics like a religion, and they both tend to have the same unwarrantedly smug, snarky attitude about anyone that doesn't think exactly like them. This dynamic is particularly notable with ex-hippies and Jones Boomers, and the faction of Millennials that treated Jon Stewart like a political sage.
Eh, even then that younger guy that got got by the priest looked like a scrawny jerk who spent most of his time with a cushion under his ass. If he was in better shape or was really anyone other than a lame weirdo that priest's shit would've been rocked unless he put lots of effort into staying on top of his own fitness and was trained to handle such situations, maybe, street fights are random AF and pretty quick. It really wasn't an impressive smackdown anyway despite it being justified. All that zoomzoom had to do was realize the intent the guy was coming at him with and not be fucking around with his phone.
The media. Lots of boomer-friendly media that shows some grizzled old man knock out some young punk on TV. Much like the boss babe weighing 105 pounds trying to knock out a 250 pound powerlifter made of pure muscle, reality plays out a lot more differently than what’s on the screen. Gran Torino might be the biggest offender. In reality, those gangs can knock Clint Eastwood flat on his ass, boomer power fantasies be damned.
They all think they are some shitty action movie protagonist like John Wayne or whatever where if they just throw their weight around and act tough everyone will cower before them. Entertainment has rotten boomers brains far worse than any generation after them. They really can't tell the difference between reality where your out of shape boomer ass is getting fucked up and a movie power fantasy where these fat decrepit washed up 80s action stars are able cruise through wave after wave of fit, able body men. I like to call it Sensei Segal Syndrome.
Friends, The Office, Rick and Morty, Etc would beg to differ. Different rot, but rot nonetheless.