Subj : Re: 86%
To   : Ron L.
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Mon Jan 08 2024 20:48:36

 RL>  AT> Maybe the schools are contributing to the mindless behavior, but what
 RL>  AT> about all the old people who are also brainwashed?
 RL> 
 RL> This isn't a new thing.  This has been going on for a long time.
 RL> 
 RL> Older people were "brainwashed" but in a different way.  They grew up in
 RL> a time when the media WAS trustworthy and wanted to expose things. 
 RL> Quietly, slowly over time, the Elitists infiltrated those media
 RL> companies.  Standard practice.  They worked to keep that facade of
 RL> trustworthiness until Trump ripped it down.

Thanks for explaining that. This is useful to know, because there will be times when I will need to explain this to elderly people. Not that all of them are in the dark, there are some exceptions, like my uncle who is a WWII vet. He said to "Vote for Trump twice if you can!" If most of our voters were veterans, we'd have it made.

 RL> Older people tend to have not sought out alternate news and information
 RL> sources.  When you add that to their BS detector bypassed, they don't
 RL> even try to check things out for themselves (even if they knew how to).

They watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. (I watch those shows too.) I find it convenient to put the TV on on that channel early so I don't miss the show. Surely the loyal elderly wheel watchers do the same thing, and they inadvertently get propagated by David Muir on ABC World News Tonight when they do it, 5 nights a week.

 RL> Then there's the problem with many older people: They think that they
 RL> know more than you and, as one of my college professors once said, "The
 RL> first step to being smart is knowing what you are dumb at."  If you
 RL> think you know everything, you won't seek out information.

That's good advice. I always tell people "You learn more from listening than by telling" and that "We all learn new things every day no matter how old we get."

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