Comment by croon

1) I never claimed that the youth are more informed than (tax paying?) adults.

2) A trope is a trope regardless if it happens to be true or false.

What I was trying to convey is that you shouldn't dismiss a group on any basis other than the merit of a claim (usually by a member of a group and not representative of the entire group), which both assertions failed.

3) What should I rebut? One claim that the youth are idiots and one claim that they are uninformed because they have paid less tax yet? Ok, neither are logical conclusions to any premise.

4) You may be representative or you may be an outlier.

> I am yet to meet someone who would admit they were smarter as a teenager than they are

This is not a good basis to draw any conclusions from. Also it contradicts your initial assertion of your OP?