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djean111

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

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:34 AM

Dec 2012

I am over 65 and cannot imagine taking anything or anyone at face value.
Same for a lot of my contemporaries.
We know we are targets for scammers, political and otherwise.
In fact - I distrust this new "explanation" - it divides people up by age, as if we have all had the same experiences.
My sister hates the GOP and Faux.
Her husband - hangs on Limbaugh's every gaseous belch.
They vote according to their beliefs.
Both over 65. All of us live in Florida.
So I don't think we have a convenient, sort of condescending answer here.

I think the reason for the "up to 80 percent" thing is that seniors are just targeted more than any other age group; there are just more opportunities to scam.
Feh.

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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