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In the discussion thread: New Research: People - DON'T - Get More Conservative as They Get Older [View all]

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Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:19 PM

redqueen (102,484 posts)

13. Excellent...

good to see this particular bit of nonsense getting a long-deserved debunking.

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20 replies	Author	Time	Post
New Research: People - DON'T - Get More Conservative as They Get Older [View all]	kpete	Jan 2012	OP
Certainly went that way for me.	GoneOffShore	Jan 2012	#1
I have noticed for years that the older I get, the lefter I lean.	kestrel91316	Jan 2012	#2
I agree with that - of course there are a lot here who like to pin that label on seniors	DrDan	Jan 2012	#3
dad went moderate right as a senior	Blue_Tires	Jan 2012	#4
I think it's a wash.	Liberal Veteran	Jan 2012	#5
awesome news...can't wait	serqet	Jan 2012	#6
assuming that even a tiny bit of wisdom comes with age, then this is self-evident :)	Schema Thing	Jan 2012	#7
the only profound change i've observed is that dementia/senility seems to trigger a lurch rightward.	unblock	Jan 2012	#8
I think it's because dementia destroys self control.	Odin2005	Jan 2012	#11
Am 64 yrs old and I have always considered myself a social democrat like my mom.	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#9
That myth comes from the early 60s, when...	Odin2005	Jan 2012	#10
I was a Kennedy-style liberal Dem in my college days	hifiguy	Jan 2012	#12
Excellent...	redqueen	Jan 2012	#13
I think that makes a lot sense and where you see it happening as with the Tbaggers I think fear	jwirr	Jan 2012	#14
I voted for Bush in 2000...	DLine	Jan 2012	#15
If I get any farther gone beyond left	Zorra	Jan 2012	#16
That makes sense to me - folks gather actual experience and change.	TBF	Jan 2012	#17
So many people have assumed that Churchill's self-serving quip was the truth for all	Tom Ripley	Jan 2012	#18
I think that stereotype came from the 60s and 70s:	MisterP	Jan 2012	#19
I know I haven't.	Solly Mack	Jan 2012	#20

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