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WASHINGTONAccording to a poll released Monday by the Pew Research Center, the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine has left Americans sharply and bitterly divided along ignorant and apathetic lines, with the nations citizenry evenly split between grossly misinformed and wholly indifferent factions.
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Additionally, nearly half the U.S. public has put forth numerous breathtakingly naive potential solutions to the crisiswhich range from economic sanctions on Russia, to economic sanctions on Ukraine, to deploying the U.S. military to the middle of Asia to solve the standoffwhile an equal number of Americans firmly and repeatedly stated their commitment to not giving a shit one way or the other.
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Its incredibly frustrating to try to talk some sense into someone who doesnt realize that Crimeas very freedom as an independent nation is at stake, said completely ignorant San Jose, CA resident Carol Goldmacher, who admitted that she has clashed constantly in the past week over Ukraine with her staunchly apathetic roommate Lisa Suarez. Talking to her is like talking to a brick wall. Its almost as if she doesnt even want to hear how Putin was kicked out of Ukraine by his own people and then retaliated by invading Crimea. Frankly, no matter how much I tell her that Obamas this close to breaking his silence and issuing a warning to Russia, its just not getting through to her.
The bottom line is that Carols views arent going to affect my opinion, said Suarez of her roommates constant uneducated opinions about John Kerrys upcoming trip to Kiev and her bizarre personal assertion that the invasion happened suspiciously close to the Olympics. My minds made up, and I completely stand by my lack of interest in this issue. So Carol should just keep her mouth shut and let this situationwhatever it isplay out.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/ukrainianrussian-tensions-dividing-us-citizens-alo,35428/?ref=auto
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,170 posts)till I saw it was the onion.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)it is sad when it's so hard to tell the difference between an Onion article and reality. That's what makes it work so well.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)It's an onion that wants to make your cry.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)BainsBane
(53,056 posts)Some of us are both ignorant and apathetic.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)It's enough to make you want to
Desert805
(392 posts)go west young man
(4,856 posts)present even at DU. What a change since the early 2000's. We are now giving Free Republic a run for their money in the warmongering department.
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 George Bush
newfie11
(8,159 posts)If those holding power in this country had this war mongering mindset, how easy it would be to start WW111.
Yes the Onion was pretty close to the truth.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... just read the OP and didn't click on link or notice it was The Onion. Before I scrolled down, I thought "what is this..."reality" polling?
nikto
(3,284 posts)To immediately invade Venezuela.
Problem solved.
That's the Richard Perle/John Bolton way.