Hi.
This is your now frequent reminder that the extremely loud fascists on the right do not speak for everyone who identifies as "Republican," and you're giving them an in-kind gift every time you group them all together.
I cannot convey the counterproductive harm that is blaming vast swaths of people for the behaviors and beliefs of the worst among them.
^^ Literal fascists are using our tendency to do this to bring about the end of everything we hold dear, and too many of us are gleefully helping them.
@kel While not all Republicans are fascists, all fascists are Republican. To prevent being tarred with the same brush, the anti-fascist Republicans need to fight back against their fascist brothers in the party. I’m not holding my breath.
@johnldeboer That's not how it works, and frankly you wouldn't see them "fighting back" even if they were.
@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.
@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?)