Stereotypes can be misleading (duh!)

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Well on the election night I began to wonder if I would end up like most new voters and most Americans in general...in other words whether it was my candidate or not who was elected would I still pay attention to the political parties and what they are or are not doing. Well, I am happy to say that yes I am still very interested and am following it to the best of my abilities as I do believe I understand the importance of my civic duty did not end the moment I filled in the boxes, took it to the man/woman to scan it and then place an "I voted sticker" on my shirt. Here is one thing that I have always noticed between the two parties. They fall under the same difference categories. This is the problem with labels. And conservatives are a label as well as a liberal. Just because one person is part of said party does not mean that they fit a mold completely (kinda like a cookie cutter person). And the only thing I really noticed that either supporters of either party knew for sure was the other side had to be wrong because of these labels. Another problem with labels is when people stereotype others based upon these things. And when they stereotype they give birth to a bias and they now have opened the door to an emotional process of thinking which can result in prejudice...we saw the implication of racial (on both sides of ethnicities), ageism, gender biases, as well as political affiliations. We should never rely on emotions to think it should only based upon facts. Cold hard facts. So in a sense we had people who defended stereotypes and encouraged stereotypes as well as embedded stereotypes in our brains. We were subjected to a biased media and also attended many PEP rallies where we felt good and right for our causes. The thing of it is that got to me was when people would try to discuss things in a rational manner they were led into an argument of who is right and wrong. Instead of just realizing that we are all on the same street just looking at things differently because someone told us to. So to make this a discussion, have you ever been treated unfairly based upon stereotypes? And do you feel intimidated when someone questions your beliefs? Why?