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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOpinion: America has always had many poorly educated ignorant people, but...
never have they been this influential.
They belief in conspiracy theories, are vocal, violent and are on social media. It's scary.
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Opinion: America has always had many poorly educated ignorant people, but... (Original Post)
El Supremo
Sep 2020
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Sparkly
(24,147 posts)1. Archaic American institutions: the Senate and the Electoral College.
Their representational structures have FAR outlived their purposes. This is a tyranny of an ignorant minority.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)2. Blame talk radio
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)3. and Fox News and the NRA as well.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)4. there's cash to be made in keeping people
ignorant and spiteful.