And I disagree with your explanation. The journalist isn't simply committing a fallacy or misinterpreting an argument. The journalist went out of their way to accuse a political demographic of malicious intent. Out-group dynamics like this is something people actively shape (as demonstrated by the Robber Caves Experiment). Maybe we ought to classify it under something other than immaturity. But we can't chalk it up to laziness, mental fatigue, or #justPeopleThings as if it were an accident.
> do you realize that you're now going for a very emotional attack on my comment?
Honestly, I don't know what you're trying to prove here. My comment is invalid because I expressed embarrassment? lol?
Errata regarding your other threads. LW members call themselves "aspiring rationalists" to remind themselves that they have not yet "outgrown humanity" [0]. You also seem to confuse logic and rationality. When economists talk about rational agents, they're discussing an agent which employs a decision making algorithm consistent with the VonNeuman Morgenstern Utility Theorem [1].
[0] http://lesswrong.com/lw/h8/tsuyoku_naritai_i_want_to_become_...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%E2%80%93Morgenster...