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In reply to the discussion: can any of you recall such widespread stupidity and/or ignorance! [View all]BamaRefugee
(3,476 posts)3. Growing up in Birmingham,Alabama in the 50s and early 60s, yes, vast ugly ignorance and stupidity.
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can any of you recall such widespread stupidity and/or ignorance! [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2020
OP
Slightly younger here; never saw so many so proud to understand so little about the world.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#47
Remember, Texas's choices in textbooks pretty much define what is offered
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#59
Growing up in Birmingham,Alabama in the 50s and early 60s, yes, vast ugly ignorance and stupidity.
BamaRefugee
Apr 2020
#3
This is exactly like going to college in Alabama in 1969. I had ultra long hair, bell bottoms, and
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#88
The level of IQ on some of those calls was about the highest you'll ever see on phone calls.
Botany
Apr 2020
#9
Every Republican administration over the past fifty years has been worse than the last.
sop
Apr 2020
#10
I believe the early 1970s was when Civics began to disappear as a required course
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#63
Manipulation of humanity's worst instincts has been the hallmark of the Republican
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#62
Well, they are certainly jeopardizing their ability to breathe, by ignoring epidemiologists.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#48
I have been saying for many years that it is a pity that breathing is an autonomic function.
niyad
May 2020
#54
Gilligan was ignorant, unlearned. Not stupid. But you are correct, he was never malevolent.
niyad
May 2020
#55
The most important thing to remember is that not one of them promoted this madness until they
malaise
Apr 2020
#29
I understand the work situation, although my situation has been different most of my adult life
Blue_true
Apr 2020
#49
And at least door knobs perform useful functions. And can be quite decorative and interesting.
niyad
May 2020
#56
My feeling is that there have always been cults of ignorance, but social media has made them more...
NNadir
May 2020
#52
I have watched the anti-intellect, anti-rational groups nearly my whole long life. Back in high
niyad
May 2020
#53
Good post--but what I find truly frightening its not just the Trump's "poorly uneducated"
Stallion
May 2020
#66
It's a litmus test for exposing lethal level stupidity. Results: Exactly what one would expect. nt
Cognitive_Resonance
May 2020
#64
Yes, it is sad to say yes. Bush Jr. was this stupid,,"weapons of mass distruction"
Stuart G
May 2020
#82
I was 14 in 1980. In my opinion it is mainly caused by bringing in evangelicals as their base.
GulfCoast66
May 2020
#92