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djean111

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8. Here is some more prejudice - referring to older people as "they" and then drawing conclusions

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 03:00 PM

Dec 2012

based on that.
I am over 65, and I am most certainly not likely to do any of the things you mention.

I don't know how many damn times I read that since I am over 65 and live in Florida, I would be voting for Romney.
I snickered at the ignorance, and hoped the GOP was stupid enough to believe it.

Truth is that older people are more targeted by scammers.
There is no "they"; we are all shaped by experience and intellect and environment, and that most certainly differs from person to person at any age.

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Could THIS be why Fox "News" viewers are so gullible? [View all] mwb970 Dec 2012 OP

Oh gosh - I am over 65 and find that I trust people much LESS as I have gotten older. djean111 Dec 2012 #1

I agree, it's just that older people are targeted more by scams. LisaLynne Dec 2012 #6

I guess I'm a Contrary. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #2

It doesn't explain their large under-65 audience. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #3

Net yet 65, but close and skeptical. Oh, and plus one for "... Limbaugh's every gaseous belch." Scuba Dec 2012 #4

It certainly describes my elderly mother and my in-laws mainer Dec 2012 #5

I think it is all to do with prejudice. Democratopia Dec 2012 #7

Here is some more prejudice - referring to older people as "they" and then drawing conclusions djean111 Dec 2012 #8

I qualified my comment by saying "greater propensity" or "more likely." Democratopia Dec 2012 #9