@kel I’m old enough to remember when that was the way it did work. The classic example is Goldwater telling fascist Nixon he had to resign or the Senate would convict him upon impeachment.

@johnldeboer For every example you can provide confirming your stereotype, there are many multiples of examples disproving it.

That's the problem with confirmation bias. It makes you blind to those who do not confirm the stereotype.

Strangely enough, this wisdom seems to elude a great many who are old enough to know better. I can only assume that as we age, it becomes easier to ignore that which doesn't comport with our thinking.

All old people are stubborn, right? (See what I did there?)

@kel You said stereotypes. I didn’t.

@johnldeboer Is there another term that fits better?

@kel We seem to be talking past each other, in that you’re misinterpreting what I’ve said, and I’m not sure what you’re saying. But it sounds like you’re saying that Democrats and Republicans working together for the common good has never been a thing. Or at least it was too uncommon to matter. Do I have that right?

@kel Some stubborn people are old.
Some old people are stubborn.
But not all old people are stubborn, and not all stubborn people are old.
You can fool some of the people all the time . . .

@johnldeboer @kel
Exactly. Where are they? If they exist, then there should be no poll out there that shows significant support for Trump. That's not the message that the media is peddling.

@Sr0bi 👍

@johnldeboer @kel
Another willing to stand up.